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do Rego EL, de Souza JR, Nakamura TC, Portela JF, Diniz PHGD, da Silva JDS. Pesticides in surface water of the Ondas river watershed, western Bahia, Brazil: Spatial-seasonal distribution and risk assessment. Chemosphere 2024; 354:141659. [PMID: 38490616 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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This study investigated the occurrence and seasonal distribution of different classes of pesticides in surface waters of the Ondas River Watershed, as well as potential risks to the aquatic health and human water consumption in the western region of Bahia state, Brazil. Two gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analytical methods were applied to monitor 34 pesticides in water samples collected during both the dry and rainy seasons at 17 sites. Upon individual analysis, only γ-HCH, methoxychlor, demeton-S, methyl parathion, fenitrothion, chlorpyrifos, and azoxystrobin exhibited statistically significant differences between seasons. During rainy season, concentration medians of residues were higher for γ-HCH (74.7 ng L-1), methoxychlor (25.1 ng L-1), and azoxystrobin (47.2 ng L-1), potentially linked to historical contamination or illegal use. Conversely, pesticides like methyl parathion, fenitrothion, and chlorpyrifos, belonging to the organophosphate class, showed higher concentration medians in the dry period, measuring 75.1, 5.50, and 10.8 ng L-1, respectively, probably due to region crop activities. The risk quotient (RQ) assessment for aquatic life indicated that 59.0% of the samples in the dry season and 76.0% in the rainy season had RQ values greater than one, signifying a critical scenario for species conservation. Regarding human consumption, elevated risks were observed for heptachlor in both sampling periods and for azoxystrobin during the rainy season, surpassing RQ levels above 1, indicating danger in untreated water ingestion. Additionally, 24.0% and 53.0% of the samples in the dry and rainy seasons, respectively, contained at least one pesticide exceeding the EU resolution limit (100 ng L-1). Therefore, considering this information, implementing mitigation measures to avoid the river's contamination becomes imperative.
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Affiliation(s)
- Enoc Lima do Rego
- Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Química, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, CEP 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Pura e Aplicada, CEP 47810-059, Barreiras, BA, Brazil; Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Baiano, CEP 46430-000, Guanambi, BA, Brazil
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- Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Química, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, CEP 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Química, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, CEP 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Pura e Aplicada, CEP 47810-059, Barreiras, BA, Brazil
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- Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Química, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, CEP 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Pura e Aplicada, CEP 47810-059, Barreiras, BA, Brazil.
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do Rego EL, Portela JF, de Lima Ribeiro C, de Souza JPR, de Sousa Tonhá M, Peres LGM, Nakamura TC, da Silva JDS, de Souza JR. Spatio-temporal study of water quality variables in the Rio de Ondas Hydrographic Basin, west of Bahia, Brazil using multivariate analysis. Environ Monit Assess 2023; 195:1175. [PMID: 37688594 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11823-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023]
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Water bodies are containers that receive a large load of water quality variables through the release of domestic, industrial, and agricultural effluents. With this focus, this work aimed to conduct a temporal-spatial variability study in the Rio de Ondas Hydrographic Basin through multivariate statistical analysis. For this, seventeen collection sites were established in four stations along the Rio de Ondas and its tributaries between 2017 and 2018. Ionic chromatography with suppressed conductivity was used for ions determination, while ICP-OES determined metals' total concentrations. The land use and occupation assessment between 1985 and 2021 was using data from MapBiomas were used and the descriptive and multivariate analysis of the data using version free of the Statistica software. The results showed that, in 30 years, there was a growth of 569% of agricultural activities in the watershed area, with significant suppression of native vegetation, favoring the transport of contaminants to rivers. Ca2+, PO42-, Al, Cu, and Zn concentrations showed a statistically significant difference between the seasons, with higher medians in the rainy season. Rainy season influenced the formation of three groups in the PCA, consisting of electrical conductivity, salinity, TDS, and PO42- (group 1); temperature, Fe, SO42-, and Cl- (group 2); and Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, and HCO3- (group 3). The strong correlation between parameters of each group indicates anthropic influence on the watershed's water quality. However, levels are within the potability standard.
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- Enoc Lima do Rego
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Brasília, Brasília, 70910-900, Brazil.
- Center of Exacts and Technological Sciences, Federal University of the West of Bahia, Barreiras, Brazil.
- Baiano Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology, Campus Guanambi, Guanambi, Brazil.
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Brasília, Brasília, 70910-900, Brazil
- Center of Exacts and Technological Sciences, Federal University of the West of Bahia, Barreiras, Brazil
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do Rego EL, Nakamura TC, Diniz PHGD, Oliveira UR, de Souza JR, da Silva JDS. Spatiotemporal evaluation of organochlorine pesticide residues in bottom sediments of the Rio de Ondas hydrographic basin, western Bahia, Brazil. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:50376-50391. [PMID: 35230632 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-19223-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The Rio de Ondas Hydrographic Basin (ROHB), Bahia state, Brazil, is located in a region with abundant water resources and is highly impacted by intense agricultural activity. In such a scenario, the use of organochlorine pesticides can represent a potential risk to the aquatic environments, due to their persistence, high bioaccumulation capacity, and high toxicity. Thus, organochlorine pesticide residues in bottom sediment samples from rivers on eighteen sites distributed along the ROHB in the dry and rainy periods were analyzed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. The validated method showed no matrix effect, recoveries ranging from 82% (β-HCB) to 118% (DDD), limits of detection between 0.003 ng g-1 (α-HCH) and 0.011 ng g-1 (DDT), limits of quantification of 0.010 ng g-1 (α-HCH) to 0.036 ng g-1 (DDT), repeatability with the highest relative standard deviation of 0.97% (α-hexachlorocyclohexane at 2.000 ng g-1), and inter-day precision ranging from 10% (aldrin at 0.050 ng g-1 and 0.600 ng g-1 and α-endosulfan at 0.600 ng g-1) to 25% (β-endosulfan at 0.050 ng g-1). Although most compounds were banned since 1985, it was observed that their residues were widely distributed in the ROHB, with the total concentrations varying from 3.242 ng g-1 (P02) to 12.052 ng g-1 (P17) and from 0.313 ng g-1 (P14) to 30.861 ng g-1 (P13) in the dry and rainy periods, respectively, which may be related to historical contamination and/or prohibited use. Moreover, the spatiotemporal variation showed the highest concentrations of organochlorine pesticide residues in the rainy season, coinciding with the planting period.
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- Enoc Lima do Rego
- Institute of Chemistry, Graduate Program in Chemistry, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- Center for Exact Sciences and Technologies, Graduate Program in Pure and Applied Chemistry, Federal University of Western Bahia, Barreiras, BA, Brazil
- Department of Human Sciences, State University of Bahia, Barreiras, BA, Brazil
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- Center for Exact Sciences and Technologies, Graduate Program in Pure and Applied Chemistry, Federal University of Western Bahia, Barreiras, BA, Brazil
- Interdisciplinary Center for Energy and Environment, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
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- Center for Exact Sciences and Technologies, Graduate Program in Pure and Applied Chemistry, Federal University of Western Bahia, Barreiras, BA, Brazil
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- Center for Exact Sciences and Technologies, Graduate Program in Pure and Applied Chemistry, Federal University of Western Bahia, Barreiras, BA, Brazil.
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Lima do Rêgo E, Santos da Silva JD, Costa Nakamura T, Diniz PHGD, Oliveira UR, Souza JRD. Distribution of organochlorine, organophosphates, carbamate, thiocarbamate, pyrethroids, and strobilurins in surface sediments of the Rio de Ondas watershed by GC-MS. J Environ Sci Health B 2021; 56:357-369. [PMID: 34011245 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2021.1885263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The determination of some pesticides in surface sediments can provide important information about their distribution in the water column. This work aimed to determine the distribution of the classes of pesticides along the Ondas River's hydrographic basin (ORHB), in eighteen different points, during the dry and rainy periods. The pesticides were extracted from the sediment samples by solid-liquid extraction and then analyzed using a gas chromatograph coupled to mass spectrometry. After the development and validation of the method, nineteen pesticides from the group of organochlorine, organophosphates, carbamate and thiocarbamate, pyrethroids, and strobilurins were quantified in at least one point in the two collection periods, with accuracy varying between 86 and 126%. The average concentrations were 0.020 ng g-1 (carbofuran) to 249.123 ng g-1 (dimethoate) and 0.029 ng g-1 (carbofuran and sulfotep) to 533.522 ng g-1 in the dry and rainy periods, respectively. The results showed a wide distribution of pesticide residues in the ORHB, with higher levels for dimethoate, phenitrothion, and malathion, which may be related to their agricultural use in the region. In Brazil, it does not have specific legislation for maximum permitted values of pesticides in sediment, allowing for inappropriate or prohibited use and, consequently, affecting water quality.
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- Enoc Lima do Rêgo
- Institute of Chemical, Graduate Program in Chemistry, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- Center for Exact Sciences and Technologies, Graduate Program in Chemistry Pure and Applied, Federal University of Western Bahia, Barreiras, BA, Brazil
- Department of Human Sciences, State University of Bahia, Barreiras, BA, Brazil
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- Center for Exact Sciences and Technologies, Graduate Program in Chemistry Pure and Applied, Federal University of Western Bahia, Barreiras, BA, Brazil
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- Center for Exact Sciences and Technologies, Graduate Program in Chemistry Pure and Applied, Federal University of Western Bahia, Barreiras, BA, Brazil
- Interdisciplinary Center for Energy and Environment, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
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- Center for Exact Sciences and Technologies, Graduate Program in Chemistry Pure and Applied, Federal University of Western Bahia, Barreiras, BA, Brazil
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Energy and Environment, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
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Moura AV, Nakamura TC, Do Rego EL, Gubert P, Mkoma SL, Da Rocha GO, Da Silva JDS. Development of a methodology for determining major ions in samples of atmospheric particulate matter by ion chromatography. Orbital: Electron J Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.17807/orbital.v12i4.1494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Souza RC, Portella RB, Almeida PVNB, Pinto CO, Gubert P, Santos da Silva JD, Nakamura TC, do Rego EL. Human milk contamination by nine organochlorine pesticide residues (OCPs). J Environ Sci Health B 2020; 55:530-538. [PMID: 32525731 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2020.1729630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are widely used around the world as insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, nematicides, and rodenticides. Despite banned in Brazil, the usage remains occurring in many countries. The persistence and extreme mobility of OCPs contribute to the contamination of the environment and the human body. The OCPs bioaccumulation in adipose tissue triggers the excretion into human milk during breastfeeding. Hence, the present study determined eighteen OCPs residues in the breast milk of mothers from the Western Region of Bahia State, Brazil. Nine different residue species were found, including beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane (9.24 ± 0.00 ng g-1 fat), delta- Hexachlorocyclohexane (22.15 ± 10.48 ng g-1 fat), Heptachlor (58.08 ± 74.13 ng g-1 fat), Aldrin (142.65 ± 50.65 ng g-1 fat), Dieldrin (774.62 ± 472.68 ng g-1 fat), Endosulfan I (408.44 ± 245.51 ng g-1 fat), Dichloro-diphenyl-dichloro-ethylene (29.17 ± 22.42 ng g-1 fat), Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane (28.87 ± 0.00 ng g-1 fat) and Methoxychlor (1699.67 ± 797.43 ng g-1 fat). The Methoxychlor presence in all samples may reveal a recent exposure, while Dieldrin and Endosulfan I analyses can point to distant past exposure.
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- Raiane Costa Souza
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Western Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Pure and Applied Chemistry, Federal University of Western of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Pure and Applied Chemistry, Federal University of Western of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
- Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Chemistry Institute - IQ, University of Brasília - UnB, Brasília, Brazil
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