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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
Volume 13, Issue 8, Pages 2250-2259Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1em10168d
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- Research Grants Council of Hong Kong [2002-PPR-3, SEG HKBUO09]
- Hong Kong Baptist University [RC/AoE/08-09/01]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the consequence of changing land use from agriculture land to other use purposes with respect to OCPs non-cancer and cancer risk on human health, based on concentrations of DDTs and HCHs in soils collected from 55 locations representing 12 different land use types. There were no non-cancer risks of DDTs and gamma-HCHs on adults and children, and there were very low cancer risks of DDD, o,p'-DDE, DDT, alpha-HCH, beta-HCH, gamma-HCH based on their total concentrations in all samples. Nonetheless, there were significant correlations of DDT to its metabolites (DDE and DDD) (r = 0.506 and r = 0.648) and DDE to DDD (r = 0.438) both at p < 0.01. OCP levels should be routinely monitored in different environmental media and food in order to verify whether there is fresh input. Their potential risks on human health should also be assessed.
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