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- Title
GC-MS Determination of Targeted Pesticides in Environmental Samples from the Kafue Flats of Zambia.
- Authors
Sichilongo, Kwenga; Banda, Daniel
- Abstract
Results of a GC-MS analysis for targeted pesticides i.e. dieldrin, endosulfan, pp-DDT, endrin, HCB, heptachlor, mirex and aldrin in the Kafue Flats of Zambia are presented. Analysis was done in soils, sediments, water and vegetation samples from the Lochinvar and Blue Lagoon National Parks along the Kafue River. A validated analytical method that was used gave recoveries in a spiked soil sample ranging between 60 % and 100 % with limits of detection (LODs) ranging from 0.94 to 8.0 ng/g. The targeted pesticides were not detected in all the samples i.e. were below LODs. Screening using the Automated Mass Spectral Deconvolution and Identification System (AMDIS) simplified the analysis due to its power of deconvolution and identification of analytes of interest.
- Subjects
GAS chromatography/Mass spectrometry (GC-MS); PESTICIDE research; ENDOCRINE disruptors; SOILS; SEDIMENTS; ENDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; LOCHINVAR National Park (Zambia)
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 2013, Vol 91, Issue 5, p510
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00128-013-1087-3