Avaliação da contaminação por pesticidas organoclorados em recursos hídricos do estado de Goiás

Resumo

Organochlorine pesticides are persistent and bioaccumulated compounds in the environment. These substances have various impacts on human health and wildlife. Therefore they require environmental monitoring. In this work the levels of organochlorine pesticides were determined in rivers in the state of Goiás, in central Brazil. Some preserved areas of the Cerrado ecosystem and major rivers were observed. High levels of organochlorine pesticides in the water resources were found in all regions of Goiás state due to environmental degradation and intense agricultural activity.

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Palavras-chave

Pesticidas organoclorados, Recursos hídricos, Monitoramento ambiental, Organochlorine pesticides, Water, Environmental monitoring

Citação

ALVES, Maria Isabel Ribeiro; ANTONIOSI FILHO, Nelson Roberto; OLIVEIRA, Leandro Gonçalves; FURTADO, Sandra Teresinha de Farias. Avaliação da contaminação por pesticidas organoclorados em recursos hídricos do estado de Goiás. Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos, Porto Alegre, v. 15, n. 1, p. 67-74, jan./mar. 2010.