Environmental Impact of Pesticides in Egypt

Mansour, Sameeh A.

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-78444-1_1

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“…(36) In 2006, at Ain Shams University, zinc phosphide intoxicated patients represented 10% of all admitted poisoned patients (2224 out of a total of 21,805 Participants). (37) From May 2010 to April 2011, 50 patients were presented to National Egyptian Center of Clinical and Environmental Toxicological Research (NECTR) with zinc phosphide poisoning. Only 2% of patients died after suicidal ingestion of zinc phosphide.…”

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Evaluation of Potential Oxidative Stress in Egyptian Patients with Acute Zinc Phosphide Poisoning and the Role of Vitamin C

Sagah

Oreby

Elgharabawy³

et al. 2015

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Objective: To evaluate potential oxidative stress in patients with acute phosphide poisoning and the effect of vitamin C. Methods:Participants were females and divided into three groups; group I: healthy volunteers group II: healthy volunteers received vitamin C, group III: patients with acute phosphide poisoning received the supportive and symptomatic treatment and group IV: patients with acute phosphide poisoning received the supportive and symptomatic treatment in addition to vitamin C. All the participants were subjected to thorough history, clinical examination, ECG and laboratory investigations were carried on collected blood and gastric lavage samples on admission. Blood samples were divided into two parts, one for measurement of routine investigations and the second part was used for evaluation of malondialdehyde and total thiol levels before and after receiving the treatment regimen.Results: Most of the cases in this study were among the age group of 15-25 years, females, single, secondary school education, from rural areas and suicidal. All vital signs were within normal range and the most common complaint was vomiting and abdominal pain. All cases in this study showed normal routine investigations. The mean MDA levels after receiving treatment decreased significantly in groups II and IV. The mean total thiol levels increased significantly after receiving treatment in groups II and IV. Conclusion:It can be concluded that vitamin C has a potential benefit due to its antioxidant property on zinc phosphide induced-oxidative stress in acute zinc phosphide poisoned patients.

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Evaluation of Potential Oxidative Stress in Egyptian Patients with Acute Zinc Phosphide Poisoning and the Role of Vitamin C

Sagah

Oreby

Elgharabawy³

et al. 2015

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“…[49] High leachability of pirimiphos-methyl illustrated its presence in high concentration in groundwater samples during February. Although records about possible agricultural uses are unavailable, yet its disappearance may be attributed to possible hydrolysis [50] cooperated with dilution. This compound was detected in surface samples collected in Egypt.…”

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Occurrence and levels of pesticides in South Lebanon water

Youssef

Younes

Kouzayha

et al. 2015

Chemical Speciation & Bioavailability

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This study reviews the detection of pesticides in different surface and groundwater samples collected from South Litani region in South Lebanon during 2012. These have been analyzed using an optimized and validated solid phase extraction method followed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides were mostly noted at levels below the recommended value for individual pesticide in water except pirimiphosmethyl that was recorded at 300.87 ng L −1 in groundwater sample, designated for drinking water and collected in February. DDE concentration exceeded 100 ng L −1 in both surface and groundwater in October. The reported results represent the first Lebanese statistical data illustrating the quantification of pesticides in water over a period of time. More importantly, it draws attention to the need of pesticides' monitoring programs in the Lebanese water resources.

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“…Information on some such pesticides used for a long time in Egyptian agriculture are presented in Table 27.2. Information about certain pesticides classified as "extremely and highly hazardous, probable and possible human carcinogenic" that are registered for use in the country are available in the literature (Mansour, 2004(Mansour, , 2008.…”

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“…Part of this work has been directed to monitoring organochlorine (OC) pesticides and other persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in aquatic ecosystems, dairy products, human milk, blood, urine, and foodstuffs. Most of this work has been reviewed recently by Mansour (2008). Our concern here is directed mainly to works about OP and CM pesticides.…”

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“…In grapes, this value was only 19.7% (Table 27.16). Based on the data from the above-mentioned authors (Dogheim et al, 2002;Mansour, 2008) the dietary intake of pesticides from vegetables and fruits can be estimated and it can be concluded that contamination by dicofol, dimethoate, chlorpyrifos, and pirimiphos-methyl may be regarded as being of probable risk to the health of consumers. As mentioned above, each of the analyzed commodities was found to contain more than one OP and/or CM pesticide.…”

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