Monitoring of some pesticide residues in water and fish tissue samples collected from three locations at sharkia governorate, Egypt

Abstract EN

Pesticide residues in fish water pond, water resource (inlet) and drainage water (outlet) samples were collected from three different locations Diarb-Negm, Abo-Hamad and Hehya at Sharkia governorate during July, August, September and October 2007, and compared its residues with Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) values.

In the drainage water samples, the dominance of organophosphorus such as monocrotofos, chlorpyrifos-methyl and profenfos was noticed in Hehya, Diarb-Negm and Abo-Hamad respectively.

While the high level of abamectin was detected in the drainage water (outlet) samples collected from Hehya, Diarb-Negm and Abo-Hamad.But the high level of pesticides was detected in the fish gills.

On the contrary the fentrothion, carbofuran and acetampride were not detected in fish tissues while, acetampride, dicofol, fentroyhion and carbofuran were not detected in water samples collected from Hehya but acetampride, fentrothion and carbofuran were not detected in water samples collected fromAbo-Hamad, while, carbofuran was not detected in different water samples (outlet, inlet and fish water pond).

Water samples collected from Diarb-Negm at Sharkia governorate.