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Is meltwater from Alpine glaciers a secondary DDT source for lakes
Roberta Bettinetti,Silvia Quadroni,Silvana Galassi,Renato Bacchetta,L. Bonardi,Giovanni Vailati +5 more
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A sharp increase in 2005 of pp'DDT and its metabolites was observed in mussels and fish from lakes Como and Iseo, the main glacier-fed southern Alpine lakes, and PCBs did not peak in biota tissues to a comparable extent probably because local sources were not as important as for DDTs.About:
This article is published in Chemosphere.The article was published on 2008-10-01. It has received 64 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Dreissena & Zebra mussel.read more
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Blast from the Past: Melting Glaciers as a Relevant Source for Persistent Organic Pollutants
Christian Bogdal,Peter Schmid,Markus Zennegg,Flavio S. Anselmetti,Martin Scheringer,Konrad Hungerbühler +5 more
TL;DR: Sediment core from a glacier-fed lake was analyzed for a wide range of persistent organic pollutants, organochlorine pesticides, and synthetic musk fragrances and indicates the potential for dire environmental impacts due to pollutants delivered into pristine mountainous areas.
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Long-term relationships among pesticide applications, mobility, and soil erosion in a vineyard watershed
Pierre Sabatier,Jérôme Poulenard,Bernard Fanget,Jean-Louis Reyss,Anne-Lise Develle,Bruno Wilhelm,Estelle Ployon,Cécile Pignol,Emmanuel Naffrechoux,Jean-Marcel Dorioz,Bernard Montuelle,Fabien Arnaud +11 more
TL;DR: A retro-observation approach based on lake sediment records to monitor micropollutants and to evaluate the long-term succession and diffuse transfer of herbicide, fungicide, and insecticide treatments in a vineyard catchment in France revealed how changes in these practices affect storage conditions and, consequently, the pesticides' transfer dynamics.
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Limnological research in the deep southern subalpine lakes: synthesis, directions and perspectives
Nico Salmaso,Rosario Mosello +1 more
TL;DR: The paper emphasises the need to define criteria to be used to distinguish research able to produce relevant results and predictive models, which are essential elements for an efficient management of water resources.
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Persistent organic pollutants in Antarctica: current and future research priorities
TL;DR: The challenges of this research are compounded in the Antarctic context, by key gaps in historical data and our understanding of chemical behaviour in polar landscapes, and efforts must be centred upon addressing these research gaps as mentioned in this paper.
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Does zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) represent the freshwater counterpart of Mytilus in ecotoxicological studies? A critical review
TL;DR: The ecotoxicological studies carried out with the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha are illustrated in order to suggest this bivalve species as possible reference organism for inland waters.
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Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
TL;DR: Drafting Authors: Neil Adger, Pramod Aggarwal, Shardul Agrawala, Joseph Alcamo, Abdelkader Allali, Oleg Anisimov, Nigel Arnell, Michel Boko, Osvaldo Canziani, Timothy Carter, Gino Casassa, Ulisses Confalonieri, Rex Victor Cruz, Edmundo de Alba Alcaraz, William Easterling, Christopher Field, Andreas Fischlin, Blair Fitzharris.
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Persistent DDT metabolite p,p'-DDE is a potent androgen receptor antagonist.
William R. Kelce,Stone Cr,Susan C. Laws,Leon Earl Gray,Jon A. Kemppainen,Elizabeth M. Wilson +5 more
TL;DR: It is reported that the major and persistent DDT metabolite,P,P′-DDE (l,l-dichloro-2,2-bis(P- chlorophenyl)ethylene), has little ability to bind the oestrogen receptor, but inhibits androgen binding to the androgen receptor.
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Global fractionation and cold condensation of low volatility organochlorine compounds in polar regions
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Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT): ubiquity, persistence, and risks.
TL;DR: Efficient pesticides that do not have the negative properties of DDT, together with the development of alternative methods to fight malaria, should be sought with the goal of completely banning DDT.
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Accumulation of persistent organochlorine compounds in mountains of western Canada
Jules M. Blais,Jules M. Blais,Jules M. Blais,David W. Schindler,Derek C. G. Muir,Derek C. G. Muir,Derek C. G. Muir,Lynda E. Kimpe,David B. Donald,Bruno Rosenberg +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the accumulation of organochlorine compounds as a function of altitude has been investigated in the upper reaches of high mountains in western Canada, and the results demonstrate that temperate-zone mountain regions, which tend to receive high levels of precipitation while being close to pollutant sources, are particularly susceptible to the accumulating of semivolatile organochorine compounds.