Levels of organochlorine pesticide residues in marine-, surface-, ground- and drinking waters from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

J Environ Sci Health B. 2004 Jan;39(1):101-14. doi: 10.1081/pfc-120027442.

Abstract

Persistent organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) such as DDT and its metabolites (DDDs and DDEs). chlordane, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), heptachlor and endosulfan were determined in drinking-, ground-, surface- and marine waters from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Percentage recoveries of the OCPs from spiked river water ranged from 71.03 +/- 8.15% (dieldrin) to 101.25 +/- 2.17% (alpha-BHC). The levels of OCPs ranged from 5.5 ng/L (2,4-DDD) to 160 ng/L (HCB) in the water samples. Some endocrine disrupting OCPs such as DDT, DDE, heptachlor, endosulfan and chlordane were detected.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography / methods
  • DDT / analysis
  • Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene / analysis
  • Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane / analysis
  • Endosulfan / analysis
  • Environmental Pollutants / analysis*
  • Heptachlor / analysis
  • Insecticides / analysis*
  • Pesticide Residues / analysis*
  • South Africa
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*

Substances

  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Insecticides
  • Pesticide Residues
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene
  • Heptachlor
  • DDT
  • Endosulfan
  • Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane