Dichlobenil and 2,6-dichlorobenzamide (BAM) in the environment: What are the risks to humans and biota?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3732-3739

  Björklund, Erland ^a   Styrishave, Bjarne ^a   Anskjær, Gitte Gotholdt ^a   Hansen, Martin ^a   Halling Sørensen, Bent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

2,6 dichlorobenzamide; BAM; Dichlobenil; Environmental risk; Human risk; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

2,6-DICHLOROBENZAMIDE; BAM; DICHLOBENIL; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; HUMAN RISKS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; WEED CONTROL;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

2,6 DICHLOROBENZAMIDE; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; DICHLOBENIL; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HERBICIDE; METABOLITE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSAFETY; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LC 50; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; VAPORIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER STANDARD; WEED CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; NITRILES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80051793664     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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