Background In Ethiopia, pesticides are widely used in vegetable production. However, if incorrectly they may harm consumers of vegetables contaminated with pesticide residues, as well producers handling the and lead to ecological damage. We performed a cross-sectional survey assess residues produced central eastern Ethiopia. Methods A total 232 samples (91 tomatoes, 106 cabbages 35 Swiss chard)...

Fish meat and fish products are usually considered as healthy foods, mostly because of their content unsaturated fatty acids, which have a beneficial effect on human health. On the Serbian market, shellfish commonly present fresh, frozen canned, but not regulating monitoring existence high levels different chemical hazards can lead to health problems. The aim paper is provide an overview contam...

To assess organochlorine compound (OC) contamination, its possible sources, and adverse health impacts on giant pandas, we collected soil, bamboo, panda fecal samples from the habitat research center of Qinling (Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis)—the rarest recognized subspecies. The polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) pesticides (OCPs) concentrations were comparatively low which suggests that m...

Abstract Honey is a suitable matrix for the evaluation of environmental contaminants including organochlorine insecticides. The present study was conducted to evaluate residues fifteen insecticides in honey samples unifloral and multifloral origins from Dir, Pakistan. (5 g each) were extracted with GC grade organic solvents then subjected Rotary Evaporator till dryness. extracts mixed n-Hexane ...

Brazil has experienced a rise in the use of agrochemicals recent years, representing potential threat to nearby ecosystems. The Volta Grande Reservoir (Minas Gerais/São Paulo, Brazil) about 87% its area surrounded by agricultural systems, and many compounds used agriculture end up being carried into water bodies. Given ecological risk, our purpose was assess pesticides reservoir. We collected s...

This study evaluated the concentrations of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in inlet and outlet treatment plant Ahvaz city. For this purpose, six OCPs, including chlordane, dieldrin, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, heptachlor, lindane, endrin were measured at three different sites during, 12 months. A gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) device was applied for analysis determination tar...

In the present work the efficiency of water under subcritical conditions for the extraction of pesticides having a broad spectrum of polarities from soils was evaluated. The pesticides under study were carbofuran, hexachlorobenzene, dimethoate, simazine, atrazine, lindane, diazinon, methylparathion, alachlor, aldrin-R, metholachlor, chlorpyrifos, heptachlor epoxide, dieldrin, endrin, 4,4-DDT an...

Microlayer water, mixed layer water, epipellic and benthic sediments were collected from Tarkwa Bay end of Lagos Lagoon to analyse for chlorinated pesticide residues. Sampling was conducted between December 2008 and September 2009 during the dry and wet seasons to study effects of seasonal variation on the samples. Water samples were subjected to liquid-liquid extraction using dichloromethane w...

Persistent organochlorine residues in the environment are a threat to ecological health of aquatic organisms and pose risk both animals human consumers. Organochlorine pesticides were determined water sediments collected during wet dry season from selected riverine earthen fish pond sites high altitude catchment areas within Kuja River (Kenya) between August 2016–May, 2017. Analysis DDT metabol...