Abstract

CARDENAS-IZAGUIRRE, Samuel Felipe; MARQUEZ-ROMANCE, Adriana Mercedes  and  GUEVARA-PEREZ, Edilberto. Variation analysis of organochlorine pesticides in waters and sediments from a tropical river. Dyna rev.fac.nac.minas [online]. 2021, vol.88, n.216, pp.203-209.  Epub May 24, 2021. ISSN 0012-7353.  https://doi.org/10.15446/dyna.v88n216.86802.

In this paper, it is analyzed the temporal variation of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in water and sediments from a river influenced by the activity in an agricultural field in a tropical country during the period 2013-2016. The novelty consists of increasing the studies of concentrations of OCPs in water and sediments of rivers for contributing to establish thresholds of concentrations that allow to protect the biota in soils and waters. The mean values of the OCPs dissolved in water and sorbed on sediments varied as follows: p.p'-DDT (0.001 - 0.022 µg.L-1), (0.1 - 8.24 µg.kg-1), o.p'-DDT (0.001-0.021 µg.L-1), (0.51 - 5.76 µg.kg-1), p.p'-DDD (0.001-0.01 µg.L-1), (0.14 - 1.96 µg.kg-1), p.p'-DDE (0.001-0.027 µg.L-1), (0.52 - 7.32 µg.kg-1), o.p'-DDE (0.001-0.041 µg.L-1), (0.2 - 5.52 µg.kg-1), Aldrin (0.004-0.053 µg.L-1), (0.23 - 8.22 µg.kg-1), Dieldrin (0.001-0.032 µg.L-1), (1.13 - 6.82 µg.kg-1) and Endrin (0.001-0.008 µg.L-1), (1.16 - 7.60 µg.kg-1). The management of OCPs by the activity in the agricultural field is being controlled.

Keywords : agricultural land; Aldrin; Dieldrin; Endrin; DDT; organochlorine pesticides; sediment, water.

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