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Detection of Organochlorine and Organophosphorus Pesticides Residues in Water Samples of Taragong Thana in Rangpur District in Bangladesh
1Arafin Gulsan Ara, 1Wahida Haque and 2Md. Hasanuzzaman
1Department of Fisheries, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2Institute of Food and Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Ganakbari, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences 2014 2:85-89
Received: September 16, 2013 | Accepted: October 21, 2013 | Published: February 20, 2014
Abstract
This study was undertaken to identify Organochlorine and Organophosphorous pesticides residues in water samples of some paddy fields, ponds and tubewells in Rangpur district (Taragong Thana) of Bangladesh by using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Among thirty samples, Organophosphorus (Malathion) pesticide was found in twelve samples while Organocholorine was absent. The level of the pesticide residues (Malathion) were found in the range of 2 to 221 ppm, which were above the maximum acceptable levels of total and individual pesticide contamination.
Keywords:
Chloropyrifos, DDT, diazinon, HPLC, malathion,
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The authors have no competing interests.
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