Joao Paulo Machado Torres

Summary

Affiliation: Rio de Janeiro
Country: Brazil

Publications

  1. ncbi Landfill mining from a deposit of the chlorine/organochlorine industry as source of dioxin contamination of animal feed and assessment of the responsible processes
    Joao Paulo Machado Torres
    Instituto de Biofisica, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 20:1958-65. 2013
  2. ncbi HCH contamination from former pesticide production in Brazil--a challenge for the Stockholm Convention implementation
    J P M Torres
    Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 20:1951-7. 2013
  3. ncbi Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane in soil, river sediment, and fish in the Amazon in Brazil
    Joao P M Torres
    Laboratório de Radioisótopos Eduardo Penna Franca, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, 21949, Brazil
    Environ Res 88:134-9. 2002
  4. ncbi Organic micropollutants on river sediments from Rio de Janeiro State, Southeast Brazil
    Joao Paulo Machado Torres
    Laboratório de Radioisótopos Eduardo Penna Franca, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941 900, Brasil
    Cad Saude Publica 18:477-88. 2002
  5. ncbi Organochlorine pesticides (OCs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sediments and crabs (Chasmagnathus granulata, Dana, 1851) from mangroves of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
    Alexandre Santos de Souza
    Laboratorio de Radioisotopos, Instituto de Biofisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Postal 21941 900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    Chemosphere 73:S186-92. 2008
  6. ncbi Organochlorine concentrations in franciscana dolphins, Pontoporia blainvillei, from Brazilian waters
    José Lailson-Brito
    Laboratório de Mamíferos Aquáticos e Bioindicadores Profa Izabel Gurgel MAQUA, Faculdade de Oceanografia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Sao Francisco Xavier, 524 sala 4002, 20550 013, Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    Chemosphere 84:882-7. 2011
  7. ncbi Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons assessment in sediment of national parks in southeast Brazil
    Rodrigo Ornellas Meire
    Laboratório de Radioisótopos Eduardo Penna Franca, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Bloco G Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Janeiro Ilha do Fundão, 21949 900 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil
    Chemosphere 73:S180-5. 2008
  8. ncbi Polychlorinated biphenyls and DDT in swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and blue shark (Prionace glauca) from Brazilian coast
    Claudio Eduardo de Azevedo e Silva
    Eduardo Penna Franca Laboratório de Radioisótopos, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, CCS UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    Chemosphere 67:S48-53. 2007
  9. ncbi Mercury levels in feed and muscle of farmed tilapia
    Daniele Botaro
    Laboratório de Radioisótopos Eduardo Penna Franca, IBCCF, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Am J Ind Med 55:1159-65. 2012
  10. ncbi Distinct bioaccumulation profile of pesticides and dioxin-like compounds by mollusk bivalves reared in polluted and unpolluted tropical bays: Consumption risk and seasonal effect
    Petrus Galvao
    Programa de Biofísica Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941 900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Ecological Chemistry, Ingolstadter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany Laboratório de Radioisótopos Eduardo Penna Franca, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941 900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    Food Chem 134:2040-8. 2012

Collaborators

  • Olaf Malm
  • José Lailson-Brito
  • Roland Weber
  • Rodrigo Ornellas Meire
  • Daniele Botaro
  • Karl Werner Schramm
  • Petrus Galvao
  • Alexandre Santos de Souza
  • Antonio Azeredo
  • Claudio Eduardo de Azevedo e Silva
  • Admir Créso Targino
  • Bernhard Henkelmann
  • Renan Longo
  • Cristiana Silveira Serejo
  • Márcia de Souza Pereira
  • Rafael Curcio Neves
  • Márcia Souto Couri
  • José Lailson Brito

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Landfill mining from a deposit of the chlorine/organochlorine industry as source of dioxin contamination of animal feed and assessment of the responsible processes
    Joao Paulo Machado Torres
    Instituto de Biofisica, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 20:1958-65. 2013
    ..Landfill mining and reuse of materials from contaminated deposits should be prohibited...
  2. ncbi HCH contamination from former pesticide production in Brazil--a challenge for the Stockholm Convention implementation
    J P M Torres
    Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 20:1951-7. 2013
    ....
  3. ncbi Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane in soil, river sediment, and fish in the Amazon in Brazil
    Joao P M Torres
    Laboratório de Radioisótopos Eduardo Penna Franca, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, 21949, Brazil
    Environ Res 88:134-9. 2002
    ..The presence of p,p'-DDT in most of the samples reflects the use of this insecticide against vectors of malaria between 1946 and 1993, which has led to its ubiquitous presence in the environment of the Brazilian Amazon...
  4. ncbi Organic micropollutants on river sediments from Rio de Janeiro State, Southeast Brazil
    Joao Paulo Machado Torres
    Laboratório de Radioisótopos Eduardo Penna Franca, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941 900, Brasil
    Cad Saude Publica 18:477-88. 2002
    ..However, the PAHs levels were high at the vicinity of a huge steelworks located in the city of Volta Redonda. This contamination is probably due to the massive use of coal in the above-cited metallurgical plant...
  5. ncbi Organochlorine pesticides (OCs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sediments and crabs (Chasmagnathus granulata, Dana, 1851) from mangroves of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
    Alexandre Santos de Souza
    Laboratorio de Radioisotopos, Instituto de Biofisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Postal 21941 900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    Chemosphere 73:S186-92. 2008
    ..The organochlorine concentration in eggs is more significant to evaluate or estimate an impact of these pollutants upon C. granulata population than the organochlorine concentration in sediment samples...
  6. ncbi Organochlorine concentrations in franciscana dolphins, Pontoporia blainvillei, from Brazilian waters
    José Lailson-Brito
    Laboratório de Mamíferos Aquáticos e Bioindicadores Profa Izabel Gurgel MAQUA, Faculdade de Oceanografia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Sao Francisco Xavier, 524 sala 4002, 20550 013, Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    Chemosphere 84:882-7. 2011
    ..Considering the endocrine disruptive action of organochlorine compounds, the concentrations found in franciscana dolphins from Brazilian waters may represent an additional obstacle to the conservation of this endangered cetacean species...
  7. ncbi Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons assessment in sediment of national parks in southeast Brazil
    Rodrigo Ornellas Meire
    Laboratório de Radioisótopos Eduardo Penna Franca, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Bloco G Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Janeiro Ilha do Fundão, 21949 900 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil
    Chemosphere 73:S180-5. 2008
    ..At PNIT and PNJUB, forest fires and slash and burn agricultural practices may drive the results towards a pyrolytic pattern...
  8. ncbi Polychlorinated biphenyls and DDT in swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and blue shark (Prionace glauca) from Brazilian coast
    Claudio Eduardo de Azevedo e Silva
    Eduardo Penna Franca Laboratório de Radioisótopos, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, CCS UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    Chemosphere 67:S48-53. 2007
    ..gladius or P. glauca consumption can be considered safe since it contributes to less than 0.1% of the limit of acceptable daily intake (ADI) of summation operator DDT proposed by WHO...
  9. ncbi Mercury levels in feed and muscle of farmed tilapia
    Daniele Botaro
    Laboratório de Radioisótopos Eduardo Penna Franca, IBCCF, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Am J Ind Med 55:1159-65. 2012
    ..Fish consumption is considered the most important source of contaminant exposure for humans beings, and farmed fish can be exposed to contaminants via feed supply...
  10. ncbi Distinct bioaccumulation profile of pesticides and dioxin-like compounds by mollusk bivalves reared in polluted and unpolluted tropical bays: Consumption risk and seasonal effect
    Petrus Galvao
    Programa de Biofísica Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941 900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Ecological Chemistry, Ingolstadter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany Laboratório de Radioisótopos Eduardo Penna Franca, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941 900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    Food Chem 134:2040-8. 2012
    ..Based on Minimal Risk Level, Maximum Residue, Acceptable Daily Intake and Toxic Equivalent, bivalves are classified as safe for human consumption...
  11. ncbi Bulk atmospheric deposition of persistent toxic substances (PTS) along environmental gradients in Brazil
    Rodrigo Ornellas Meire
    Biophysics Institute, CCS, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, 21941 902 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 20:2046-53. 2013
    ....