Concentrations and patterns of organochlorines (OCs) in various fish species from the Indus River, Pakistan: A human health risk assessment

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Robinson, Timmer, Ali, Usman, Mahmood, Adeel, Chaudhry, Muhammad Jamshed Iqbal, Li, Jun, Zhang, Gan, Jones, Kevin C., Malik, Riffat Naseem
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 2016
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Organochlorines; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Fish; Indus River; Pakistan; Risk assessment; Environmental Sciences; POLYCHLORINATED-BIPHENYLS PCBS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; FRESH-WATER FISH; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; EEL ANGUILLA-ANGUILLA; SOIL EXCHANGE FLUXES; PESTICIDES OCPS; PUNJAB PROVINCE; BLACK CARBON; Yar; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: http://ir.gig.ac.cn/handle/344008/54440; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.002

The present study was conducted to reveal the concentrations and patterns of organochlorines [i.e., organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)] in freshwater fish species collected from four ecologically important sites of the Indus River i.e., Taunsa (TAU), Rahim Yar Khan...