The
underground water analysis campaign was carried out in 2010 on five samples of
boreholes located in the agricultural cotton region.
The results obtained showed that there were different active substances
containing at least 76 pesticide residues, in particular insecticides ,
herbicides and fungicides, with an aggregate content that could average 0.350
or 350 μg / L per borehole. All the prospective boreholes were, indeed,
polluted. Agrochemical materials, however, have been suspected of being the
source of deterioration in the consistency of surface and ground water. All
pesticide molecules studied were present with a concentration of at least 1 μg
/ L, with some molecules such as: aldrin (7 ± 0.7 μg / L), dieldrin (2 ± 0.7 μg
/ Ls), phorate (7 ± 2 μg / L) and terbufos (7 ± 1 μg / L), exceeding the
maximum residue limits. The areas where cotton starvation is practised were the
most affected areas of the pollution of the underground water by pesticides.
Analyses carried out on water from boreholes revealed a Water pollution by
pesticides with low pollution inequalities depending on the zone of agriculture
considered, even though some of the boreholes were more polluted than others.
Author (s) Details
Dr. Elegbede Manou
Bernadin
Laboratotory of Sciences, Water Technology and Environment, Department of
Water and Sanitation/University of AbomeyCalavi, Benin.
Dr. Edorh A. Patrick
Départment of Bio Chemistry and Cellular Biology, University of
Abomey-Calavi (UAC), 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Benin.
Dr. Koumolou Luc
Départment of Bio Chemistry and Cellular Biology, University of
Abomey-Calavi (UAC), 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Benin.
Cledjo
Placide
Laboratory
Pierre Pagney: Climat, Water, Ecosystem and Development University of
Abomey-Calavi, 03 BP 1122 Cotonou, Bénin.
Boko Michel
Laboratory Pierre Pagney: Climat, Water, Ecosystem and Development
University of Abomey-Calavi, 03 BP 1122 Cotonou, Bénin.
Messanvi Gbeassor
Department of Physiology/Pharmacology, Faculty of Sciences,
University of Lome (UL), BP 1515 Lome, Togo.
E. E. Creppy
Laboratory of Toxicology and Applied Hygiene/ Bordeaux, Cedex, France.
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