A Dieldrin Case Study: Another Evidence of an Obsolete Substance in the European Soil Environment
Soil constitutes a central environmental compartment that, due to natural and anthropogenic activities, is a recipient of several contaminants. Among them, organochlorine pesticides are of major concern, even though they have been banned decades ago in the European Union, due to their persistence an...
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| author | Petros Tsiantas Evangelia N. Tzanetou Helen Karasali Konstantinos M. Kasiotis |
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| description | Soil constitutes a central environmental compartment that, due to natural and anthropogenic activities, is a recipient of several contaminants. Among them, organochlorine pesticides are of major concern, even though they have been banned decades ago in the European Union, due to their persistence and the health effects they can elicit. In the presented work, a gas chromatographic tandem mass spectrometric (GC-MS/MS) developed method was applied to soil samples after the suspected and potential use of formulations containing organochlorine active substance. One soil sample was positive to dieldrin at 0.018 mg kg<sup>−1</sup>. Predicted environmental concentration in soil (PECsoil) considering a single application of this active substance potentially attributed the finding in its past use. The subsequent health risk assessment showed negligible non-carcinogenic risk and tolerable carcinogenic risk. The latter signifies that repetitive and prolonged sampling can unveil the pragmatic projection of persistent chemicals’ residues in the soil. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aa7246a8f6014727bb74bc1d2067503c2023-11-21T14:08:03ZengMDPI AGAgriculture2077-04722021-04-0111431410.3390/agriculture11040314A Dieldrin Case Study: Another Evidence of an Obsolete Substance in the European Soil EnvironmentPetros Tsiantas0Evangelia N. Tzanetou1Helen Karasali2Konstantinos M. Kasiotis3Laboratory of Chemical Control of Pesticides, Department of Pesticides Control and Phytopharmacy, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 8 St. Delta Street, Kifissia, 14561 Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Chemical Control of Pesticides, Department of Pesticides Control and Phytopharmacy, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 8 St. Delta Street, Kifissia, 14561 Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Chemical Control of Pesticides, Department of Pesticides Control and Phytopharmacy, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 8 St. Delta Street, Kifissia, 14561 Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Pesticides’ Toxicology, Department of Pesticides Control and Phytopharmacy, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 8 St. Delta Street, Kifissia, 14561 Athens, GreeceSoil constitutes a central environmental compartment that, due to natural and anthropogenic activities, is a recipient of several contaminants. Among them, organochlorine pesticides are of major concern, even though they have been banned decades ago in the European Union, due to their persistence and the health effects they can elicit. In the presented work, a gas chromatographic tandem mass spectrometric (GC-MS/MS) developed method was applied to soil samples after the suspected and potential use of formulations containing organochlorine active substance. One soil sample was positive to dieldrin at 0.018 mg kg<sup>−1</sup>. Predicted environmental concentration in soil (PECsoil) considering a single application of this active substance potentially attributed the finding in its past use. The subsequent health risk assessment showed negligible non-carcinogenic risk and tolerable carcinogenic risk. The latter signifies that repetitive and prolonged sampling can unveil the pragmatic projection of persistent chemicals’ residues in the soil.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/4/314soildieldrinQuEChERSGC-MS/MSrisk assessment |
| spellingShingle | Petros Tsiantas Evangelia N. Tzanetou Helen Karasali Konstantinos M. Kasiotis A Dieldrin Case Study: Another Evidence of an Obsolete Substance in the European Soil Environment Agriculture soil dieldrin QuEChERS GC-MS/MS risk assessment |
| title | A Dieldrin Case Study: Another Evidence of an Obsolete Substance in the European Soil Environment |
| title_full | A Dieldrin Case Study: Another Evidence of an Obsolete Substance in the European Soil Environment |
| title_fullStr | A Dieldrin Case Study: Another Evidence of an Obsolete Substance in the European Soil Environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Dieldrin Case Study: Another Evidence of an Obsolete Substance in the European Soil Environment |
| title_short | A Dieldrin Case Study: Another Evidence of an Obsolete Substance in the European Soil Environment |
| title_sort | dieldrin case study another evidence of an obsolete substance in the european soil environment |
| topic | soil dieldrin QuEChERS GC-MS/MS risk assessment |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/4/314 |
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