The organochlorines are of special interest due to their remarkable
persistence in the environment and bioaccumulation in organisms,
which makes many of them listed in the Stockholm Convention of
banned or restricted persistent organic pollutants (Stockholm
Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 2001). Organophosphates,
on the other hand, are less persistent but acutely toxic and widely used
(Boobis et al., 2008; Buratti et al., 2007; Marrs, 1993).