Journal
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART B-PESTICIDES FOOD CONTAMINANTS AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES
Volume 39, Issue 2, Pages 273-283Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1081/PFC-120030241
Keywords
DDT; DDE; organochlorines; soils; ELISA; gas chromatography
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The present Study was conducted to evaluate the levels of residual DDT in Lebanese soils. A total of 113 surface Soil samples were collected for analysis from three major agricultural regions in the Country: Mount Lebanon, Beqa'a valley and the coastal plain. The values of residual DDT in soils ranged between 0 and 1190 ng g(-1). The majority of the analyzed soil samples were free or contained very low concentrations of DDE. Only two Surface soil samples, which were collected from urban areas with high human activities, contained relatively high concentrations of residual DDT. The levels of residual DDT in all of the analyzed soil samples were within the permissible limits for agricultural soils.
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