Seventeen pesticides which were suspected as endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) classified by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have been using in agricultural field in Korea. This experiment carried out to survey the residual characteristics of the EDCs-suspected pesticides in orchard soils. Forty samples were collected from orchard soils in Korea and pesticide residues in the soil were analyzed with a GLC and an HPLC by multiresidue analysis method, followed by confirmation of the suspected peaks as pesticide by mass spectrometry. Two pesticides such as endosulfan and fenvalerate were detected from 12 samples, representing detection rate was 30%. Concentration of EDCs-suspected pesticides detected from the orchard soils ranged from 0.041 to 0.219 mg/kg in case of endosulfan (sum of endosulfan and endosulfan sulfate).

Monitoring of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)-suspected pesticide residues in orchard soils in Korea

242nd National Meeting (2011)

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