| exposure of mother-child and postpartum woman-infant pairs to ddt and its metabolites in tianjin, china. | 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2'-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane (ddt) exhibits its long persistence in the environment, unusual bioaccumulation, effects on wildlife, and the possibility of long-term adverse effects on human health, especially reproductive toxicity. despite the prohibition of most persistent organochlorine pesticides in china, the presence of organochlorine residue, including ddt, has been widely indicated in environmental substance. however, scarce information is available about accumulative lev ... | 2008 | 18387653 |
| pilot investigation of perfluorinated compounds in river water, sediment, soil and fish in tianjin, china. | detectable pfcs could be found in all samples. perfluorooctanoic acid (pfoa) was the major pfc in river water, while perfluorooctane sulfonate (pfos) was dominant in sediment and were 17- to 153-fold higher than those in water. pfcs concentrations in soil were little higher than those in sediment. in fish muscles pfos showed the highest concentrations. generally, pfc concentrations in fish were in the following rank order: crucian carp > silver carp> common carp. we suggested that there may be c ... | 2011 | 21626112 |
| does periconceptional fish consumption by parents affect the incidence of autism spectrum disorder and intelligence deficiency? a case-control study in tianjin, china. | this study aimed to explore the association between periconceptional fish consumption by parents and autism spectrum disorder (asd) and intelligence deficiency (id). | 0 | 28081749 |