Organochlorine and organophosphoric insecticides, herbicides and heavy metals residue in industrial wastewaters in Cyprus

Fatta, D.; Canna-Michaelidou, St.; Michael, C.; Georgiou, Efthalia; Christodoulidou, M.; Achilleos, A.; Vasquez, Marlen I.

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.11.009

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“…Because, as a background study, the farmers of the study area informed that they did not apply any organochlorine pesticide but a lot of organophosphate (diazinon and chlorpyriphos) and carbamate pesticides have been applied by them in the cultivating areas. Similar findings were reported by Fatta et al (2007) in their study. Matin et al (1998) stated that DDT, DDE and dieldrin were present in some surface water samples obtained from the irrigated crop fields at Gaibandha.…”

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Pesticide Residues In Some Selected Pond Water Samples Of Meherpur Region Of Bangladesh

Uddin

Saha

Chowdhury

et al. 2013

J. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci.

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Water samples collected from some selected ponds of Meherpur region were studied for the presence of organophosphorus and carbamate pesticide residues. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) technique was used to determine the concentration levels of those residues. The results obtained indicate slight contamination of some of the water samples with residues of diazinon, chlorpyriphos (organophosphorus insecticide) and carbofuran (carbamate insecticide). The residues level of diazinon and chlorpyriphos ranged from 0.033 to 0.079 ppm and 0.010 to 0.471 ppm respectively. Among carbamate pesticides, carbofuran identified in two samples ranged from 0.0143 to 0.0387 ppm, and carbaryl was not detected in any of the samples. Limit of detection (LOD) was 0.01 ppm. However, the residue level was also within the acceptable ranges according to the WHO guideline value of water quality. But, the presence of such residues is indicative of weak regulatory control which is required to be in place for safety of the environment and to stop further aggravation of the situation.

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confidence: 92%

Pesticide Residues In Some Selected Pond Water Samples Of Meherpur Region Of Bangladesh

Uddin

Saha

Chowdhury

et al. 2013

J. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci.

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“…The half-lives of DDT and HCH in surface soil were estimated as 6.7 and 4.9 years, respectively (Brevik et al 1996;Toan et al 2009). The impact of OCPs in aquatic organisms is more important than that of organophosphorus pesticides and considered really alarming (Alava et al 2011;Tao et al 2013) because OCP contents were higher (Serrano et al 1999;Hernández et al 2000;Fatta et al 2007). We choose to determine the OCP contents, the first generation of pesticides, because of their persistence in the environment and their alarming impact on aquatic organisms, estimating, thus, the old contamination in the Ichkeul LakeBizerta Lagoon complex.…”

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Pesticides in Ichkeul Lake–Bizerta Lagoon Watershed in Tunisia: use, occurrence, and effects on bacteria and free-living marine nematodes

Salem

Saïd

Aïssa

et al. 2015

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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This study aimed to identify the most commonly used agricultural pesticides around Ichkeul Lake-Bizerta Lagoon watershed. First survey of pesticide use on agricultural watershed was performed with farmers, Regional Commissioner for Agricultural Development, and pesticide dealers. Then, sediment contamination by pesticides and response of benthic communities (bacteria and free-living marine nematode) were investigated. The analysis of 22 active organochlorine pesticides in sediments was performed according to quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) method, biodiversity of indigenous bacterial community sediment was determined by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP), and free-living marine nematodes were counted. The results of the field survey showed that iodosulfuron, mesosulfuron, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4 D), glyphosate, and fenoxaprops were the most used herbicides, tebuconazole and epoxiconazole the most used fungicides, and deltamethrin the most used insecticide. Sixteen organochlorine pesticide compounds among the 22 examined were detected in sediments up to 2 ppm in Ichkeul Lake, endrin, dieldrin, and hexachlorocyclohexane being the most detected molecules. The most pesticide-contaminated site in the lake presented the higher density of nematode, but when considering all sites, no clear correlation with organochlorine pesticide (OCP) content could be established. The bacterial community structure in the most contaminated site in the lake was characterized by the terminal restriction fragments (T-RFs) 97, 146, 258, 285, and 335 while the most contaminated site in the lagoon was characterized by the T-RFs 54, 263, 315, 403, and 428. Interestingly, T-RFs 38 and 143 were found in the most contaminated sites of both lake and lagoon ecosystems, indicating that they were resistant to OCPs and able to cope with environmental fluctuation of salinity. In contrast, the T-RFs 63, 100, 118, and 381 in the lake and the T-RFs 40, 60, 80, 158, 300, 321, and 357 in the lagoon were sensitive to OCPs. This study highlighted that the intensive use of pesticides in agriculture, through transfer to aquatic ecosystem, may disturb the benthic ecosystem functioning of the protected area. The free-living marine nematodes and bacterial communities represent useful proxy to follow the ecosystem health and its capacity of resilience.

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“…Metal mining, fossil combustion and the chloralkali and acetaldehyde industries have raised mercury levels in water bodies and soils. Mercury enters from industrial sources mainly as Hg 2+ into the environment [9][10][11]. Physicochemical and biological processes have been applied for mercury removal from contaminated environments.…”

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Characterization of the Metabolically Modified Heavy Metal-Resistant Cupriavidus metallidurans Strain MSR33 Generated for Mercury Bioremediation

Rojas¹,

Yácez²,

González³

et al. 2014

Heavy Metal Contamination of Water and Soil

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Organochlorine and organophosphoric insecticides, herbicides and heavy metals residue in industrial wastewaters in Cyprus

Cited by 45 publications

References 41 publications

Pesticide Residues In Some Selected Pond Water Samples Of Meherpur Region Of Bangladesh

Pesticide Residues In Some Selected Pond Water Samples Of Meherpur Region Of Bangladesh

Pesticides in Ichkeul Lake–Bizerta Lagoon Watershed in Tunisia: use, occurrence, and effects on bacteria and free-living marine nematodes

Characterization of the Metabolically Modified Heavy Metal-Resistant Cupriavidus metallidurans Strain MSR33 Generated for Mercury Bioremediation

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