Risk assessment of organophosphorus pesticide residues in drinking water resources: Statistical and Monte-Carlo approach

Wang G 1 , Li J 2 , Xue N 2 , Abdulkreem Al-Huqail A 3 , Majdi HS 4 , Darvishmoghaddam E 5 Show all authors , Assilzadeh H 6 , Khadimallah MA 7 , Ali HE 8

Affiliations 

  • 1 Hebei Agricultural University, BaoDing Hebei, 071000, China. Electronic address: wgang@hebau.edu.cn
  • 2 Hebei Agricultural University, BaoDing Hebei, 071000, China
  • 3 Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O.Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: aaalhuqail@pnu.edu.sa
  • 4 Department of Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Industries, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Babylon, 51001, Iraq
  • 5 UCSI Graduate Business School, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 6 Department of Biomaterials, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, 600 077, India
  • 7 Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Al-Kharj, 16273, Saudi Arabia; Laboratory of Systems and Applied Mechanics, Polytechnic School of Tunisia, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
  • 8 Advanced Functional Materials & Optoelectronic Laboratory (AFMOL), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia; Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia; Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, 44519, Zagazig, Egypt
Chemosphere, 2022 Nov;307(Pt 2):135632.
PMID: 35835248 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135632

Abstract

A large part of the world's agricultural production, despite its adverse effects on human health and water resources, depends on the use of pesticides. Despite strict regulations, the use of pesticides continues around the world. This study aimed to determine the residual concentrations of malathion and diazinon in samples of drinking water resources. To achieve this goal, 384 samples from 8 various sites from January to December 2020 were analyzed using gas chromatography (GC) with an electron capture detector (ECD) and liquid-liquid extraction technique. Besides, statistical analysis and a risk-modeling approach supported by an automatic Monte-Carlo procedure were applied. The results showed that there is a high carcinogenic risk regarding malathion and that the low age population is at the most non-carcinogenic risk regarding diazinon.

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