Analysis of dust samples collected from storage and shops of pesticides at riyadh city, Saudi Arabia

Abstract EN

Dust samples from inside and outside pesticide storage and shops at Riyadh City were collected on June, 2002.

The collected samples were extracted with a mixture of methylene chloride and methanol (3 : 1, v : v), and analyzed by gas Chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in order to determine the presence of pesticides compounds.

The data indicated that the components of the total extracts consisted mainly of different variety of hydrocarbons.

The detected components in the samples collected inside storage, shops and outside the shops belong to different groups of pesticides.

These preliminary results may help in the process of environmental assessment and in predicting the effects of pesticides on human health.