Selected organochlorine pesticide and polychlorinated biphenyl residues in house dust in Singapore |
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| Authors: | Tan Jing Cheng Si Min Loganath Annamalai Chong Yap Seng Obbard Jeffrey Philip |
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| Institution: | Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Engineering Drive 4, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. g0402629@nus.edu.sg |
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| Abstract: | Although the use of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been prohibited in Singapore since 1980, OCPs and PCBs still can be detected in the environment and represent a potential threat to public health. In this study, OCPs and PCBs were measured in house dust samples collected from 31 homes across the island-state of Singapore. Organochlorine pesticides, such as hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), chlordanes and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs) were tested, with a range of
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