The prevalence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in West Africa – A review

Adebusuyi, Adewumi T.; Sojinu, Samuel O.; Aleshinloye, Abimbola O.

doi:10.1016/j.envc.2022.100486

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“…Monitoring the levels of highly toxic POPs and pesticides with high bioaccumulation abilities in the food chain, which cause serious health challenges, is still uncommon in developing countries (22)(23)(24).…”

Section: Contamination By Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops)mentioning

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“…The main cause of camel milk contamination by different hazardous pesticides is the presence of their residues in animal feedstuffs because of the use of banned substances to control plant pests, pesticide application to farm animals, environmental contamination, and accidental spills (15,(24)(25)(26). Al Ali et al (27) reported cases of previously healthy farmers who presented with symptoms of cholinergic crisis accompanied by slurred speech, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, frequent micturition, muscle fasciculation, chest discomfort, atrial fibrillation, and bradycardia that developed several hours after milk ingestion from the mammary glands of camels treated with organophosphate pesticides (OPPs) against the mite Sarcoptes scabiei cameli, agent of mange, one of the most common diseases in camel farms (28).…”

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confidence: 99%

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What are the challenges for implementing an “organic label” to camel milk?

Konuspayeva,

Faye,

Nurseitova

et al. 2023

Front. Nutr.

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Increasing demand for camel’s milk worldwide occurred in the context of the development of the organic sector in agriculture. The implementation of an organic label for camel milk has never been established. However, the creation of such a label faces to important challenges that are investigated in the present paper. Indeed, although camel milk conveys the image of a “natural product” issued from remote places, the risk of being produced in contaminated areas (mining activities, oil extraction) cannot be neglected for grazing animals. Moreover, the management of veterinary drugs for prevention or curative treatment can lead to the presence of residues in milk, especially in camel species with different pharmacokinetics, although similar instructions than for cow milk are used. Moreover, the lack of international standards regarding both composition and hygienic rules, the risks of adulteration, and the necessity to use specific indicators or analytical procedures adapted to the behavior of camel milk, have to be taken in account in the establishment of the specifications for the camel milk producers through the world.

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Section: Contamination By Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Contamination By Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops)mentioning

confidence: 99%

What are the challenges for implementing an “organic label” to camel milk?

Konuspayeva,

Faye,

Nurseitova

et al. 2023

Front. Nutr.

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“…Naphthalene is a toxic air pollutant that is widely present in ambient and indoor air as a result of emissions from the chemical and primary metals industries, biomass burning, gasoline and oil combustion, tobacco smoking, the use of mothballs, fumigants, and deodorizers, and a variety of other sources. It is a common intermediary in the manufacture of phthalic anhydride (66,000 metric tons in the United States in 2000), surfactants (27,000 tons), and insecticides (14,000 tons) [35] . Although accidental eating of mothballs has been observed, inhalation is the primary mode of naphthalene consumption in people.…”

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A review on indoor air pollution from lightning sources in developing countries—The pollutants, the prevention and the latest technologies for control

Elehinafe,

Ibukun,

Lasebikan

et al. 2023

ACE

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Currently, developing nations around the world rely heavily on the use of biomass and fossil fuels for cooking, lighting, and warmth due to a lack of access to clean fuels and constant electricity supply. Unfortunately, the use of these materials has the side effect of emitting of harmful pollutants into the air. Constant exposure to some of these emissions has led to the death of millions of people around the world, with women and children disproportionately affected due to greater amounts of time spent indoors. The work focused on indoor air pollution from lightning sources in developing countries and the negative impacts of cases of ill-health and mortality. The techniques adopted for the research comprised extensive and intensive review of literature on lightning sources. Resources used encompassed internet materials, current reports and recent publications by researchers of note. The findings show that there are associated pollutants, the prevention and the latest technologies for control the pollutants. It was concluded that the dearth of research in lighting sources as sources of indoor air pollution is needed to be addressed by researchers. Also, policy implications to improve electricity deficits should be embarked upon by governments to discourage the use of fossils and biomass for lighting indoors.

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“…have become a global threat into both human and aquatic habitat (Fig. 1) (Adegoke and Bello 2015;De Gisi et al 2016;Singh et al 2017;Thambiraj et al 2018;Bulgariu et al 2019;Adebusuyi et al 2022). Pollutants pose adverse effects on the ecosystem, thereby making the sustainable environment sustenance/maintenance practically impossible (Bello et al 2015b;Bellec et al 2015;Wang et al 2016;Bello et al 2017a;Adegoke et al 2017Adegoke et al , 2019Jain and Gogate 2017b;Yaseen and Scholz 2018).…”

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Modified biomass adsorbents for removal of organic pollutants: a review of batch and optimization studies

Adegoke

Akinnawo

Adebusuyi³

et al. 2023

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Modification of the adsorbent surfaces has been considered a fascinating strategy that enhances biomass-based adsorption properties for efficient removal of organic pollutants. This is based on the attempt to replace the cost-ineffectiveness of the commercial activated carbon. The present study discusses different modification strategies and a review on modified biomass materials for the sorption of organic contaminants. Unlike previous literatures in the field, wider range of these pollutants are discussed in this study under different categories including pesticides (such as insecticides, herbicides, fungicides), pharmaceutical (e.g. analgesic and antipyretic drugs, antibiotic drugs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and antimalaria drugs), and dyes (e.g. azo, xanthene, miscellaneous diagnostic, tri-aryl methane, and phenol-derived polymeric dyes). It was observed that the acid-activated Posidonia oceanica and HNO3-modified rice husk displayed the highest and lowest adsorption capacities of 2681.9 and 0.35 mg/g for removing Rhodamine B dye and methyl parathion pesticide, respectively. The mechanistic aspects of organic pollutants adsorption, their corresponding regeneration studies, and environmental challenges with chemical modifications are also discussed. The use of computational (optimization) models for modified biomass-based adsorbents to remove organic pollutants is devoid in previous reviews but discussed in the present study. To foster more advancement in this field, the concluding part presents various challenges and knowledge gaps for furthering research towards more realistic industrial implementations.

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The prevalence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in West Africa – A review

Cited by 20 publications

References 66 publications

What are the challenges for implementing an “organic label” to camel milk?

What are the challenges for implementing an “organic label” to camel milk?

A review on indoor air pollution from lightning sources in developing countries—The pollutants, the prevention and the latest technologies for control

Modified biomass adsorbents for removal of organic pollutants: a review of batch and optimization studies

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