Ambient air concentrations and risk assessment of selected organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) across five Middle Eastern countries

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dc.authorid0000-0002-7718-0340
dc.contributor.authorGevao, Bondi
dc.contributor.authorKurt-Karakus, Perihan Binnur
dc.contributor.authorBirgul, Askin
dc.contributor.authorMartinez-Guijarro, Karell
dc.contributor.authorSukhn, Carol
dc.contributor.authorKrishnan, Divya
dc.contributor.authorOrif, Mohamed. I.
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-12T21:04:57Z
dc.date.available2026-02-12T21:04:57Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentBursa Teknik Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents data obtained from concurrently deployed polyurethane foam disk passive samplers in Kuwait, Turkey, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Oman between January and October 2018. The study's main goal was to initiate a passive air sampling network across the Middle East to generate comparable data, which will help report obligations of the various countries and be used in protocol discussions. The & sum;24OCP concentrations were highest in the samples collected from Kartaba in Lebanon (7780 pgm(-3)), and the lowest concentration was recorded at the BUTAL site in the Bursa province of Turkey (7.27 pgm(-3)). The mean ambient & sum;24OCP concentrations on a country-specific basis over consecutive sampling campaigns were: Lebanon (1680 pgm(-3)) > Bursa (Turkey) (78.7 pgm(-3)) > Oman (55 pgm(-3)) > Kuwait (42 pgm(-3)) > Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (19.1 pgm(-3)). The results show no cancer risk due to inhalation of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in ambient air. This study provides the first reliable measurements of the spatial variability in the atmospheric concentrations of OCPs across several Middle Eastern countries, providing a baseline for assessing time trends in air, one of the core matrices for the effectiveness evaluation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
dc.description.sponsorshipKuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) [P216-44WE-01]; Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME); Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
dc.description.sponsorshipThis project is funded by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) under Grant No. P216-44WE-01, the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) , and Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
dc.identifier.doi10.20517/jeea.2022.05
dc.identifier.issn2771-5949
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85143875285
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.20517/jeea.2022.05
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/6738
dc.identifier.volume1
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001485153300003
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOae Publishing Inc
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Environmental Exposure Assessment
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260212
dc.subjectPersistent organic pollutants (POPs)
dc.subjectorganochlorine pesticides (OCPs)
dc.subjectpassive air sampling
dc.subjectspatial and temporal trends
dc.subjectinhalation cancer risk
dc.subjectMiddle East
dc.titleAmbient air concentrations and risk assessment of selected organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) across five Middle Eastern countries
dc.typeArticle

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