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Medchem & Toxicology 2018
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Journal of Organic & Inorganic Chemistry
ISSN: 2472-1123
A n n u a l C o n g r e s s o n
Medicinal Chemistry,
Pharmacology and toxicology
J u l y 3 0 - 3 1 , 2 0 1 8
Am s t e r d a m , N e t h e r l a n d s
P
esticides (mainly organochlorines) have been used for long time in coastal states from the Gulf of Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco,
Campeche and Yucatan) either for agricultural livestock activities, control of pests (malaria) and human health. Important
quantities of them were dispersed in coastal environments (rivers, lagoons and estuaries) and deposited or accumulated
in sediments,fishes,oysters,c1ams and crabs whose consumption poses in jeopardy the health of fishermen and coastal
communities along the litorals. Analysis of biological samples and sediments reflect a wide variety of banned persistent pesticides
(hexacWorocyc1ohrxane, lindane, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, DDT, DDE, DDD and endosulfan) and becoming a risk to public health and
costal environments. Moreover, the analysis conducted on mother’s milk of these tropical areas, pointed out high concentrations
of these pollutants and high risk for the children. Finally, some recent reports of analysis in nuc1ei of sediments show that these
pesticides have been introduced in coastal lagoons environments from 1950 approximately.
gatoponcho2015@gmail.comPresence and impacts of persistent pesticides in
coastal areas of the Gulf of México, Mexico
Alfonso V Botello, Ponce-Velez Guadalupe, Villanueva
F Susana and Velandia Laura
Institute for Marine Sciences and Limnology-UNAM, Mexico
J Org Inorg Chem 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2472-1123-C3-009