Pesticide levels and environmental risk in aquatic environments in China - A review

Environment International

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-97

  Grung, Merete ^a   Lin, Yan ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Steen, Anne Orderdalen ^a   Huang, Jun ^b   Zhang, Gan ^c   Larssen, Thorjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; China; DDT; Environmental risk; HCH; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CHINA; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CLASSIFICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDE CONTAMINATIONS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; LINDANE; PESTICIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMONITORING; DDT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD WEB; HCH; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOTA; CHINA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; RISK; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA;

CHINA; DDT; ENVIRONMENT; LINDANE; PESTICIDES; RISK; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84928902261     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.04.013     Document Type: Review

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