Perennial Existence of Organochlorine Pesticides in the Soils of Amghara, Kuwait

• Published in: Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology Vol. 111; no. 2; p. 17
• Main Author: Alshemmari, Hassan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adults; Aquatic Pollution; bulls; Calibration; Cancer; Carcinogens; Children; chlorinated hydrocarbons; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Kuwait; modeling and risk assessment of emerging pollutants in environmental matrices; Organic compounds; Organochlorine compounds; Organochlorine pesticides; Pollution; risk; Risk assessment; S.I. : Environmental monitoring; soil; Soil Science & Conservation; Soil surfaces; Soils; Toxicology; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Kuwait; Health risk assessment; Soil samples; Pesticide residue; Organochlorine pesticides
• ISSN: 0007-4861; 1432-0800; 1432-0800
• DOI: 10.1007/s00128-023-03763-z

A comprehensive study from the surface soil samples of 14 locations from Amghara, Kuwait were assessed for the investigation of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs). There is limited information regarding the distribution pattern of OCPs in the soil samples of Kuwait. The total concentration of OCPs was in the range of 209.39 pg/g -7449.18 pg/g with an average value of 1313.04 pg/g. DDT had higher concentrations in soil samples (969.52 pg/g) than the other pesticides, according to the findings. The distribution pattern of OCPs in the Amghara soils revealed their origin as both historical and recent applications of pesticides. The study extended, how residual quantities could be used to determine health risks of both children and adults. Children and adults in all the locations were subject to negligible cancer risk, according to the health risk evaluation.