Pesticide residues in air from coastal environment, south India.
Chlorinated pollutants are transported through atmosphere. India is one of the point source countries for these pollutants [1]. In this study the concentration of DDT and HCH were evaluated in air from a tropical coastal environmental (at Parangipettai--southeast coast of India). DDT and HCH ranged in concentrations from 0.16 to 5.93 ng m-3 and 1.45 to 35.6 ng m-3 respectively. The ban on DDT in agriculture is reflected from the low residue levels recorded, predominantly by metabolites other than the parent compounds.
Rajendran
R B
RB
Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, India. babu@protect2.nire.go.jp
Venugopalan
V K
VK
Ramesh
R
R
D000388:Air / Q000032:analysis; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D002138:Calibration; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003634:DDT / Q000032:analysis; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000032:analysis; D007194:India; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis*
D000393:Air Pollutants; D007306:Insecticides; D010573:Pesticide Residues; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane; D003634:DDT