Pesticides have done a great service to human, but their use is not safe for public health. Apart from pesticides acute toxicity, their chronic toxicity can cause various problems for human health. The objective of th...Pesticides have done a great service to human, but their use is not safe for public health. Apart from pesticides acute toxicity, their chronic toxicity can cause various problems for human health. The objective of this work was to validate a liquid-liquid extraction method, which allows a fairly reliable analysis of pesticides using gas chromatography-spectrometry mass （GC/MS） in toxicology laboratory at National Institute of hygiene, Rabat Morocco. The equipment required to perform these analyzes are the biological matrices （blood, gastric fluid）, in which the authors have doped the Organophosphorus pesticides such as Chlorpyrifos, Dichlorvos and Organochlorine pesticide： dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane （DDT） and Heptachlor. After extracting the mixture with toluene, the supernatant was collected after centrifugation and concentrated in a small volume of 1.5 mL and then analyzed in GC/MS. After analyzing, the authors found that the yields of each pesticide in samples are significant; respectively they represented 73.4% of Chlorpyrifos, 70.8% of Dichlorvos, 47.8% of DDT and 71.6% of Heptachlor. The blood has a strong link with the most pesticides, where it＇s important to use the GC/MS to identify these products. The extraction with toluene was effective, especially to OP, but it＇s also sensitive to OC.展开更多
Twenty-eight surface soil samples from 5 functional zones （park, traffic roadside, business/residential area, rural area, and industrial area） of Uruimqi, China were collected and analyzed for the concentrations of ...Twenty-eight surface soil samples from 5 functional zones （park, traffic roadside, business/residential area, rural area, and industrial area） of Uruimqi, China were collected and analyzed for the concentrations of 14 organochlorine pesticides （OCPs）, such as 3 isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane （HCHs） （α-HCH, β-HCH, and γ-HCH）, 4 dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes （DDTs） （p,p′-DDT and its metabolites p, p′-DDD （1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis（p-chlorophenyl）ethane） and p,p′-DDE （1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis（4-chorophenyl）ethylene）, and o, p′-DDT）, and methoxychlor, aiming to survey the residue levels and compositions of these 14 OCPs, to identify possible sources of the OCPs, and to assess their potential risks to human health and the environment in surface soils of Ur/imqi. The concentrations ranged from non-detected to 30.86μg kg^-1 for HCHs （sum of α-, β-, and γ-HCH）, from non-detected to 40.03 μg kg^-1 for DDTs （sum of p, p′-DDT, p, p′-DDD, p, p′-DDE, and o, p′-DDT）, and from non-detected to 11.95 μg kg^-1 for methoxychlor. The total concentrations of the OCPs ranged from 16.40 to 84.86 μg kg^-1, with a mean of 41.89 ± 16.25 μg kg^-1. According to the measured concentrations and occurrence rates of the 14 OCPs, DDTs, HCHs, and methoxychlor were the most dominant compounds. Among the 5 functional zones, the total concentration of OCPs was in the order of rural area 〉 traffic roadside 〉 park 〉 business/residential area 〉 industrial area. The different compositions of DDTs and HCHs indicated that the residues of these compounds in most soil samples originated from historical application, besides slight recent introduction at some sampling sites. The results of Pearson correlation analysis showed that soil total organic carbon played an important role in the residue levels of HCHs, but such relationships were not found with DDTs or other OCPs. The soil quality of Uriimqi was classified as Class I based on the guidelines of the Chinese Environmental Quality Standard for Soil （GB15618-1995）, indicating that the residue levels of OCPs have little risks to the environment and human health in the study area.展开更多
文摘Pesticides have done a great service to human, but their use is not safe for public health. Apart from pesticides acute toxicity, their chronic toxicity can cause various problems for human health. The objective of this work was to validate a liquid-liquid extraction method, which allows a fairly reliable analysis of pesticides using gas chromatography-spectrometry mass （GC/MS） in toxicology laboratory at National Institute of hygiene, Rabat Morocco. The equipment required to perform these analyzes are the biological matrices （blood, gastric fluid）, in which the authors have doped the Organophosphorus pesticides such as Chlorpyrifos, Dichlorvos and Organochlorine pesticide： dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane （DDT） and Heptachlor. After extracting the mixture with toluene, the supernatant was collected after centrifugation and concentrated in a small volume of 1.5 mL and then analyzed in GC/MS. After analyzing, the authors found that the yields of each pesticide in samples are significant; respectively they represented 73.4% of Chlorpyrifos, 70.8% of Dichlorvos, 47.8% of DDT and 71.6% of Heptachlor. The blood has a strong link with the most pesticides, where it＇s important to use the GC/MS to identify these products. The extraction with toluene was effective, especially to OP, but it＇s also sensitive to OC.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41101482)the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing, China (No. 8122021)
文摘Twenty-eight surface soil samples from 5 functional zones （park, traffic roadside, business/residential area, rural area, and industrial area） of Uruimqi, China were collected and analyzed for the concentrations of 14 organochlorine pesticides （OCPs）, such as 3 isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane （HCHs） （α-HCH, β-HCH, and γ-HCH）, 4 dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes （DDTs） （p,p′-DDT and its metabolites p, p′-DDD （1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis（p-chlorophenyl）ethane） and p,p′-DDE （1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis（4-chorophenyl）ethylene）, and o, p′-DDT）, and methoxychlor, aiming to survey the residue levels and compositions of these 14 OCPs, to identify possible sources of the OCPs, and to assess their potential risks to human health and the environment in surface soils of Ur/imqi. The concentrations ranged from non-detected to 30.86μg kg^-1 for HCHs （sum of α-, β-, and γ-HCH）, from non-detected to 40.03 μg kg^-1 for DDTs （sum of p, p′-DDT, p, p′-DDD, p, p′-DDE, and o, p′-DDT）, and from non-detected to 11.95 μg kg^-1 for methoxychlor. The total concentrations of the OCPs ranged from 16.40 to 84.86 μg kg^-1, with a mean of 41.89 ± 16.25 μg kg^-1. According to the measured concentrations and occurrence rates of the 14 OCPs, DDTs, HCHs, and methoxychlor were the most dominant compounds. Among the 5 functional zones, the total concentration of OCPs was in the order of rural area 〉 traffic roadside 〉 park 〉 business/residential area 〉 industrial area. The different compositions of DDTs and HCHs indicated that the residues of these compounds in most soil samples originated from historical application, besides slight recent introduction at some sampling sites. The results of Pearson correlation analysis showed that soil total organic carbon played an important role in the residue levels of HCHs, but such relationships were not found with DDTs or other OCPs. The soil quality of Uriimqi was classified as Class I based on the guidelines of the Chinese Environmental Quality Standard for Soil （GB15618-1995）, indicating that the residue levels of OCPs have little risks to the environment and human health in the study area.
