title: Passive sampling devices enable capacity building and characterization of bioavailable pesticide along the Niger, Senegal and Bani Rivers of Africa.
abstract: It is difficult to assess pollution in remote areas of less-developed regions owing to the limited availability of energy, equipment, technology, trained personnel and other key resources. Passive sampling devices (PSDs) are technologically simple analytical tools that sequester and concentrate bioavailable organic contaminants from the environment. Scientists from Oregon State University and the Centre Régional de Recherches en Ecotoxicologie et de Sécurité Environnementale (CERES) in Senegal developed a partnership to build capacity at CERES and to develop a pesticide-monitoring project using PSDs. This engagement resulted in the development of a dynamic training process applicable to capacity-building programmes. The project culminated in a field and laboratory study where paired PSD samples were simultaneously analysed in African and US laboratories with quality control evaluation and traceability. The joint study included sampling from 63 sites across six western African countries, generating a 9000 data point pesticide database with virtual access to all study participants.
authors.affiliation: Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Department, Oregon State University, , ALS 1007, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
authors.forename: Kim A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Dogo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seck
authors.forename: Kevin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Hobbie
authors.forename: Anna Ndiaye
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Traore
authors.forename: Melissa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McCartney
authors.forename: Adama
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ndaye
authors.forename: Norman D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Forsberg
authors.forename: Theodore A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Haigh
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Sower
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western; D001682:Biological Availability; D057191:Capacity Building / Q000379:methods*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D020959:Polyethylene; D045483:Rivers; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D020959:Polyethylene
keywords: contaminant screening; food security; mixtures; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; polyethylene samplers; sub-Saharan Africa