Journal of Organic & Inorganic Chemistry

Presence and impacts of persistent pesticides in coastal areas of the Gulf of México, Mexico

Annual Congress on Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology and toxicology
July 30 - 31 , 2018 Amsterdam , Netherlands

Alfonso V Botello, Ponce-Velez Guadalupe, Villanueva F Susana and Velandia Laura

Institute for Marine Sciences and Limnology-UNAM, Mexico

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Org Inorg Chem

DOI: 10.21767/2472-1123-C3-009

Abstract

Pesticides (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.