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effects and treatment process via membrane technology for drinking water. Environ Sci Pollut
Res Int 23(12):11549–11567
Murillo-Torres R, Durán-Alvarez JC, Prado-Pano B, Jiménez-Cisneros B (2012) Mobility of
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the Environment (1979) Polychlorinated biphenyls : a report. National Academy of Sciences,
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wastewater environments. Anal Bioanal Chem 387(4):1225–1234
Niu L, Xu C, Xu Y, Zhang C, Liu W (2014) Hexachlorocyclohexanes in tree bark across Chinese
agricultural regions: spatial distribution and enantiomeric signatures. Environ Sci Technol 48
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Chemosphere 201:214–223
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endocrine interference and ecotoxicity of 4-tert-Octylphenol: a review. Rev Environ Contam
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environmental compliance: trends and good practices. OECD, Paris
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and sources of petroleum hydrocarbons in recent sediments of the Imo River, SE Nigeria. Arch
Environ Contam Toxicol 70(2):372–382
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bullhead liver microsomes. Toxicol Sci 71(1):67–73
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organochlorine pesticides in Korea atmosphere. Atmospheric Environment 45(39):7496–7502
Pechan P (2011) Safe or not safe: deciding what risks to accept in our environment and food.
Springer, New York
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aquatic compartments: Part I-source, fate and occurrence. Molecules 25(5):1026
Petrović, M., D. Barceló and S. Perez (2013). Analysis, removal, effects and risk of pharmaceuticals
in the water cycle: occurrence and transformation in the environment. Amsterdam; Boston,
Elsevier.
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Ueno D (2015) Exposure assessment of organophosphorus and organobromine flame retardants
via indoor dust from elementary schools and domestic houses. Chemosphere 123:17–25
Moisey J, Fisk AT, Hobson KA, Norstrom RJ (2001) Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers and
chiral signatures of alpha-HCH in the Arctic marine food web of the Northwater Polynya.
Environ Sci Technol 35(10):1920–1927
Moody JD, Fu PP, Freeman JP, Cerniglia CE (2003) Regio- and stereoselective metabolism of 7,12dimethylbenz[a]anthracene by Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1. Appl Environ Microbiol 69
(7):3924–3931
Muhamad MS, Salim MR, Lau WJ, Yusop Z (2016) A review on bisphenol A occurrences, health
effects and treatment process via membrane technology for drinking water. Environ Sci Pollut
Res Int 23(12):11549–11567
Murillo-Torres R, Durán-Alvarez JC, Prado-Pano B, Jiménez-Cisneros B (2012) Mobility of
4-nonylphenol and di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in three agricultural soils irrigated with untreated
wastewater. Water Sci Technol 66(2):292–298
Mushtaq M, Weems HB, Yang SK (1986) Metabolic and stereoselective formations of non-Kregion benz(a)anthracene 8,9- and 10,11-epoxides. Arch Biochem Biophys 246(1):478–487
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Assessment of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in
the Environment (1979) Polychlorinated biphenyls : a report. National Academy of Sciences,
Washington
Nikolaou A, Meric S, Fatta D (2007) Occurrence patterns of pharmaceuticals in water and
wastewater environments. Anal Bioanal Chem 387(4):1225–1234
Niu L, Xu C, Xu Y, Zhang C, Liu W (2014) Hexachlorocyclohexanes in tree bark across Chinese
agricultural regions: spatial distribution and enantiomeric signatures. Environ Sci Technol 48
(20):12031–12038
Noszczynska M, Piotrowska-Seget Z (2018) Bisphenols: application, occurrence, safety, and
biodegradation mediated by bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants and rivers.
Chemosphere 201:214–223
Olafsdottir K, Petersen A, Magnusdottir EV, Bjornsson T, Johannesson T (2005) Temporal trends
of organochlorine contamination in black guillemots in Iceland from 1976 to 1996. Environ
Pollut 133(3):509–515
Olaniyan LWB, Okoh OO, Mkwetshana NT, Okoh AI (2020) Environmental water pollution,
endocrine interference and ecotoxicity of 4-tert-Octylphenol: a review. Rev Environ Contam
Toxicol 248:81–109
Olisah C, Okoh OO, Okoh AI (2020) Occurrence of organochlorine pesticide residues in biological
and environmental matrices in Africa: a two-decade review. Heliyon 6(3):e03518
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Secretary-General (2009) Ensuring
environmental compliance: trends and good practices. OECD, Paris
Oyo-Ita IO, Oyo-Ita OE, Dosunmu MI, Dominguez C, Bayona JM, Albaiges J (2016) Distribution
and sources of petroleum hydrocarbons in recent sediments of the Imo River, SE Nigeria. Arch
Environ Contam Toxicol 70(2):372–382
Pangrekar J, Kole PL, Honey SA, Kumar S, Sikka HC (2003) Metabolism of chrysene by brown
bullhead liver microsomes. Toxicol Sci 71(1):67–73
Park JS, Shin SK, Kim WI, Kim BH (2011) Residual levels and identify possible sources of
organochlorine pesticides in Korea atmosphere. Atmospheric Environment 45(39):7496–7502
Pechan P (2011) Safe or not safe: deciding what risks to accept in our environment and food.
Springer, New York
Pereira A, Silva L, Laranjeiro C, Lino C, Pena A (2020) Selected pharmaceuticals in different
aquatic compartments: Part I-source, fate and occurrence. Molecules 25(5):1026
Petrović, M., D. Barceló and S. Perez (2013). Analysis, removal, effects and risk of pharmaceuticals
in the water cycle: occurrence and transformation in the environment. Amsterdam; Boston,
Elsevier.
274
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