Research findings on Pesticides are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting from Talence, France, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "Contamination of water sources by pesticides is one of the most critical environmental problems. The present work is designed to address the occurrence of 67 pesticides in the Lebanese waters." The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Bordeaux, "Chemical analysis was performed by a solid-phase extraction followed by a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using programmed temperature vaporization injection. In drinking water and groundwater samples, organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides were frequently detected with a maximal sum concentration of up to 31.8 ng L-1." According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "High pesticide ecotoxicological risk was noticed in many surface waters, while this risk was driven mainly by diazinon, chlorpyrifos, fenpropathrin and bifenthrin insecticides."
For more information on this research see: Occurrence of Pesticide Residues in Lebanon's Water Resources. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2013;91(5):503-509. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology can be contacted at: Springer, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - www.springer.com; Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology - www.springerlink.com/content/0007-4861/)
Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting A. Kouzayha, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Lab Physico & Toxicochem, EPOC LPTC UMR 5805, F-33405 Talence, France. Additional authors for this research include A. Al Ashi, R. Al Akoum, M. Al Iskandarani, H. Budzinski and F. Jaber (see also Pesticides).
Source: Hispanic Business, 21 November 2013
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