Naghmeh Saadati

Fate and Distribution of Organochlorine Pesticides

in Cameron Highlands (Malaysia)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Among the pesticides available for use, organochlorine chemicals have a rich background of application in both public health and agriculture advancement sectors. However, organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have a history of adverse effects on human health. The status and the environmental fate of 18 organochlorine pesticides was investigated in aquatic environment of an intensive agriculture area as well as popular tourism destination of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia that can be considered as a model area where pesticides were intensively used. Multivariate data analysis of the 15 detected OCPs in sediment, with respect to the type of land-use shows that endosulfan I was found around the tea plantation areas; Gamma-HCH (lindane) was found near vegetable plantation areas and endrin, heptachlor, 4,4' DDD, 4,4' DDT, and heptachlor epoxide were found in the nearby villages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9783659539237
• ISBN-10: 3659539236
• Artikelnr.: 41386631

Autorenporträt

Naghmeh Saadati is an environmental chemist with more than 17 years experience in the Center for Water, Soil and Sediment Laboratories at KWPA, IRAN. She wants to focus on application of Artificial Neural Network in Water Quality after this work.