RESEARCH ARTICLES
ASSESSMENT OF DDT LEVELS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES OF FLOOR INDUSTRIAL AREA*
A.K. Deepa, P.TA. Usha, N. Gopakumar, A.D. Joy
v~)1-T1 0; RESEARCH ARTICLE ASSESSMENT OF DDT LEVELS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES ®F FLOOR INDUSTRIAL AREA* The need for pesticides in Indian Agriculture and Public health has been well recognized in protecting the crops from pests and human health from vector borne diseases. But their injudicious and indiscriminate use leads to contamination of environment and subsequent entry to ecosystem. Pesticide Industries also contribute substantially to environmental pollution. Dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) is generally classified under persistent organic pollutant (POP). Its chemical, physical and biological stability makes it available for storage and recycling in the various segments of environment like air, water, soil, plants and animals. DDT and its principal metabolites DDD (1,1- dichloro -2,2- bis [p-chlorophenyl] ethane) and DDE (1,1-dichloro- 2,2-bis [chloropheny+l] ethylene) are widespread pollutants (Durham et al., 1963) and contamination of straw and green fodder with DDT sprayed for mosquito control was reported by Battu et al. (1989). Hence the present study was undertaken to assess the environmental pollution with DDT from Industrial effluents.
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