Journal article
Hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls in the environment: sources, fate, and toxicities
Environmental science and pollution research international, Vol.21(10), pp.6334-6345
05/01/2014
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1742-6
PMCID: PMC3812322
PMID: 23636595
Abstract
Hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (OH-PCBs) are produced in the environment by the oxidation of PCBs through a variety of mechanisms, including metabolic transformation in living organisms and abiotic reactions with hydroxyl radicals. As a consequence, OH-PCBs have been detected in a wide range of environmental samples, including animal tissues, water, and sediments. OH-PCBs have recently raised serious environmental concerns because they exert a variety of toxic effects at lower doses than the parent PCBs and they are disruptors of the endocrine system. Although evidence about the widespread dispersion of OH-PCBs in various compartments of the ecosystem has accumulated, little is currently known about their biodegradation and behavior in the environment. OH-PCBs are, today, increasingly considered as a new class of environmental contaminants that possess specific chemical, physical, and biological properties not shared with the parent PCBs. This article reviews recent findings regarding the sources, fate, and toxicities of OH-PCBs in the environment.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls in the environment: sources, fate, and toxicities
- Creators
- Rouzbeh Tehrani - Temple UniversityBenoit Van Aken - Temple University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Environmental science and pollution research international, Vol.21(10), pp.6334-6345
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11356-013-1742-6
- PMID
- 23636595
- PMCID
- PMC3812322
- ISSN
- 0944-1344
- eISSN
- 1614-7499
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- 2P42 ES013661-05 / National Institute of Health (NIH); United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA P42ES013661 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Superfund Research Program
- Record Identifier
- 9984297955702771
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