Air and groundwater pollution in an agricultural region of the Turkish Mediterranean coast

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2008-09-01

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Tuncel, Süleyman Gürdal
Erduran, M. Soner

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Air pollution and groundwater pollution in conjunction with agricultural activity were investigated in Antayla province on the Turkish Mediterranean coast. The air pollution was investigated in terms of gas-phase nitric acid (HNO3), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ammonia (NH3), and particulate matter for a 6-month period in the atmosphere using a "filter pack" system, which was developed and optimized in our laboratory. Ozone was measured by using an automated analyzer. Among all of the gas-phase pollutants, HNO3 had the lowest concentration (0.42 mu g center dot m(-3)) followed by NH3. Agricultural activities seem to be the major source of observed NH3 in the air. The current state of water pollution was investigated in terms of organochlorine and organophosphorus pesticides around the greenhouses, in which mainly tomato, pepper, and eggplant are cultivated. Water samples were collected from 40 points, 28 of which were wells and 12 of which were surface water. The pesticide concentrations in water samples were determined by means of solid-phase extraction (SPE) followed by a gas chromatography (GC)-electron capture detector (ECD)/nitrogen phosphorus detector (NPD) system. In general, surface water samples were more polluted by the pesticides than groundwater samples. The most frequently observed pesticides were chlorpyriphos (57%) and aldrin (79%) in groundwater, and chlorpyriphos (75%), aldrin, and endosulfan sulfate (83%) in surface water samples. The highest concentrations were observed for fenamiphos (394.8 ng/L) and aldrin (68.51 ng/L) in groundwater, and dichlorvos (322.2 ng/L) and endosulfan sulfate (89.5 ng/L) in surface water samples. At least one pesticide had a concentration above the health limit in 38% of all the water samples analyzed.

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Persistent organochlorine residues, Parkinsons-disease, Pesticide-residues, Surface waters, Black-sea, Turkey, Sediments, Contamination, Arkansas, System

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/32317

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JOURNAL OF THE AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

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https://doi.org/10.3155/1047-3289.58.9.1240

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S. G. Tuncel and M. S. Erduran, “Air and groundwater pollution in an agricultural region of the Turkish Mediterranean coast,” JOURNAL OF THE AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, pp. 1240–1249, 2008, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/32317.