Current status of persistent organic pesticides residues in air, water, and soil, and their possible effect on neighboring countries: A comprehensive review of India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 511, Issue , 2015, Pages 123-137

  Yadav, Ishwar Chandra ^a   Devi, Ningombam Linthoingambi ^b   Syed, Jabir Hussain ^a   Cheng, Zhineng ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Zhang, Gan ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BIHAR   (India)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental compartments; Health risk assessment; Integrated pest management; National implementation plan; Persistent organic pesticides; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES; SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN; ORGANIC PESTICIDES; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

PERSISTENT ORGANIC PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH IMPACT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NATIONAL PLANNING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MAXIMUM RESIDUAL LIMIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; INDIA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INDIA; PESTICIDES;

EID: 84919756203     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.041     Document Type: Review

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