Concentrations and potential health hazards of organochlorine pesticides in shallow groundwater of Taihu Lake region, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 1047-1055

  Wu, Chunfa ^a   Luo, Yongming ^b   Gui, Tong ^c   Huang, Yujuan ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Composition; Organochlorine pesticides; Shallow groundwater; Source identification

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYCLOHEXANE; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; INSECTICIDES; ISOMERS;

CANCER RISK; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; DRINKING WATER; ENDRIN; ENDRIN ALDEHYDE; GROUND WATER; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

ALDRIN AND DIELDRIN; ALDRINS; AT; AVERAGE LIFESPAN; BODY WEIGHT; BW; C; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENIC RISK; CDI; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATION IN WATER; CHRONIC DAILY INTAKE; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMPOSITION; CV; DDT; DDTS; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; ED; EF; ENDRIN AND ENDRIN ALDEHYDE; ENDRINS; EXPOSURE DURATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY EQUIPPED WITH A (63)NI ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTOR; GC-ΜECD; HAZARD QUOTIENT; HCB; HCH; HCHS; HEPTACHLOR AND HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEPTACHLORS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HPLC; HQ; IR; MDL; METHOD DETECTION LIMIT; OCP; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; P, P′-DDD; P, P′-DDE; P, P′-DDE, P, P′-DDD AND P, P′-DDT; P, P′-DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROTHANE; P, P′-DICHLORODIPHENYLETHANE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; POPS; PTFE; PVC; R; R(F)D; REFERENCE DOSE OF THE CONTAMINANT VIA ORAL EXPOSURE; S/N; SF; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SIGNAL VERSUS NOISE VALUE; SLOPE FACTOR OF THE CONTAMINANT VIA ORAL EXPOSURE ROUTE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SPE; TAIHU LAKE REGION; THE EXPOSURE FREQUENCY; TLR; UNITED STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; US EPA; WATER INGESTION RATE; Α-, Β-, Γ-, Δ-ISOMERS;

CHINA; GROUNDWATER; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LAKES; PESTICIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84887575014     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.056     Document Type: Article

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