DocumentCode
3344090
Title
Notice of Retraction
The Health Implications of Mirex in the Environment
Author
Bozhi Ren ; Yanling Yang ; Zhenghua Wang
Author_Institution
Key Lab. of the Constr. Process, Quality & Safety of Civil Eng., Hunan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Xiangtan, China
fYear
2011
fDate
10-12 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
Mirex was world-widely used for decades. Because of their stability and lipophilicity, mirex has accumulated in the environment and in organisms. Being ubiquitous and very persistent in the environment, mirex has and will continue to expose to humans and other organisms. The studies indicated that mirex caused fatty changes in the livers, hyperexcitability and convulsion, and inhibition of reproduction in animals. Subsequent analysis suggested that mirex also affect human health. This paper is aimed to investigate the health effects and toxicity of mirex to animal and humans based on previous experimental data and evidence.
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
Mirex was world-widely used for decades. Because of their stability and lipophilicity, mirex has accumulated in the environment and in organisms. Being ubiquitous and very persistent in the environment, mirex has and will continue to expose to humans and other organisms. The studies indicated that mirex caused fatty changes in the livers, hyperexcitability and convulsion, and inhibition of reproduction in animals. Subsequent analysis suggested that mirex also affect human health. This paper is aimed to investigate the health effects and toxicity of mirex to animal and humans based on previous experimental data and evidence.
Keywords
chemical engineering; chemical hazards; health hazards; pest control; toxicology; convulsion; human health; hyperexcitability; lipophilicity; mirex; reproduction inhibition; toxicity; Chemicals; Humans; Lakes; Marine animals; Soil; Toxicology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, (iCBBE) 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Wuhan
ISSN
2151-7614
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5088-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/icbbe.2011.5781439
Filename
5781439
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