J 2012

Obsolete pesticide storage sites and their POP release into the environment: an Armenian case study

DVORSKÁ, Alice, M. ŠÍR, Z. HONZAJKOVÁ, Jiří KOMPRDA, Pavel ČUPR et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Obsolete pesticide storage sites and their POP release into the environment: an Armenian case study

Autoři

DVORSKÁ, Alice (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), M. ŠÍR (203 Česká republika), Z. HONZAJKOVÁ (203 Česká republika), Jiří KOMPRDA (203 Česká republika, domácí), Pavel ČUPR (203 Česká republika, domácí), J. PETRLÍK (203 Česká republika), E. ANAKHASYAN (51 Arménie), L. SIMONYAN (51 Arménie) a M. KUBAL (203 Česká republika)

Vydání

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2012, 0944-1344

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

30304 Public and environmental health

Stát vydavatele

Německo

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.618

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/12:00061027

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000306123000009

Klíčová slova anglicky

Obsolete organochlorinated pesticides; Armenia; Gradient sampling; Emissions; Diffusivity-based calculations; Health risks; Stockholm Convention

Štítky

Změněno: 11. 4. 2013 10:57, Ing. Andrea Mikešková

Anotace

V originále

Organochlorinated pesticides were widely applied in Armenia until the 1980s, like in all former Soviet Union republics. Subsequently, the problem of areas contaminated by organochlorinated pesticides emerged. Environmental, waste and food samples at one pesticide burial site (Nubarashen) and three former pesticide storage sites (Jrarat, Echmiadzin and Masis) were taken and analysed on the content of organochlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls. Gradient sampling and diffusivity-based calculations provided information on the contamination release from the hot spots on a local scale. A risk analysis based on samples of locally produced food items characterised the impact of storage sites on the health of nearby residents. All four sites were found to be seriously contaminated. High pesticide levels and soil and air contamination gradients of several orders of magnitude were confirmed outside the fence of the Nubarashen burial site, confirming pesticide release. A storage in Jrarat, which was completely demolished in 1996 and contained numerous damaged bags with pure pesticides until 2011, was found to have polluted surrounding soils by wind dispersion of pesticide powders and air by significant evaporation of lindane and beta-endosulfan during this period. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane-contaminated eggs, sampled from hens roaming freely in the immediate surroundings of the Echmiadzin storage site, revealed a significant health risk for egg consumers above 1E-5. Although small in size and previously almost unknown to the public, storage sites like Echmiadzin, Masis and Jrarat were found to stock considerable amounts of obsolete pesticides and have a significant negative influence on the environment and human health. Multi-stakeholder cooperation proved to be successful in identifying such sites suspected to be significant sources of persistent organic pollutants.

Návaznosti

ED0001/01/01, projekt VaV
Název: CETOCOEN
SP/1B1/30/07, projekt VaV
Název: Realizace vědecko-výzkumných cílů Národního implementačního plánu Stockholmské úmluvy (SciPOPs) (Akronym: SciPOPs)
Investor: Ministerstvo životního prostředí ČR, Realizace projektu vědecko-výzkumných cílů Národního implementačního plánu Stockholmské úmluvy