Fields · Physical Sciences · Environmental Science · Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of persistent organic pollutants, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), brominated flame retardants, and dioxins, on the environment and human health. It covers their sources, distribution, bioaccumulation, and potential toxic effects, highlighting the need for regulation and remediation measures to mitigate their adverse impacts.

107,384 works

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Most cited

  1. PAHs in the Fraser River basin: a critical appraisal of PAH ratios as indicators of PAH source and composition

    Mark B. Yunker, Robie W. Macdonald, Roxanne Vingarzan, Reginald H. Mitchell · 2002 · Organic Geochemistry · 4,290 citations

  2. The 2005 World Health Organization Reevaluation of Human and Mammalian Toxic Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds

    Martin van den Berg, Linda S. Birnbaum, Michael S. Denison, Mike De Vito · 2006 · Toxicological Sciences · 3,790 citations

  3. A review on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Source, environmental impact, effect on human health and remediation

    Hussein I. Abdel‐Shafy, Mona S. M. Mansour · 2015 · Egyptian Journal of Petroleum · 3,549 citations

  4. Toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) for PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs for humans and wildlife.

    Martin van den Berg, Linda S. Birnbaum, A.T.C. Bosveld, Björn Brunström · 1998 · Environmental Health Perspectives · 3,258 citations

  5. Phosphorus flame retardants: Properties, production, environmental occurrence, toxicity and analysis

    I. van der Veen, J. de Boer · 2012 · Chemosphere · 2,873 citations

  6. An overview of brominated flame retardants in the environment

    Cynthia A. de Wit · 2002 · Chemosphere · 2,806 citations

Most recent

  1. Oxygenated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Surface Water of Four Major Rivers in the Niger Delta of Nigeria

    Ernest Bebenimibo, Iwekumo E. Agbozu, Oghenekohwiroro Edjere, Emmanuel I. Okorodo · 2026 · European journal of applied sciences · 0 citations

  2. Global Simulation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) with the CHASER Chemistry–Climate Model

    limeng Guo, Kengo Sudo · 2026 · Atmosphere · 0 citations

  3. Pollution characteristics and health risks of PAHs and OPAHs in PM2.5 of an inland basin city in China under the influence of the clean air action plan

    Shun Xiao, Xinyue Luo, Jianjun Li, Ningning Zhang · 2026 · Environmental Geochemistry and Health · 0 citations

  4. Household Solid Fuel Combustion-Related PAH Exposure in Rural Northern China: Associations of Phenanthrene Metabolites with DNA Damage and Systemic Inflammation

    Sulin Chen, Yunxuan Gu, Hongmei Xu, Sadaf Gulzar · 2026 · Atmospheric Environment · 0 citations

  5. Cu-modified UiO-66 for enhanced adsorptive removal of organochlorine compounds from model oil

    Yongyi Zhai, Liang Zhao, Yuhao Bu, Ruili Li · 2026 · Journal of environmental chemical engineering · 0 citations

  6. Soil polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in energy chemical industrial plants of Northwest China: Sources and health risk implications from a field‐based study

    Mengcheng Wu, Yunzhou Tan, Guodong Kang, Ping Wu · 2026 · Journal of Environmental Quality · 0 citations

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