Assessment of pesticides residues in fish (Tilapia guineensis) in the Couffo River in Djidja (Benin)

DOI: 10.22161/ijeab/2.3.43

Keyword: Pesticides-Djidja-cotton-fish-River.

Abstract: In Benin, the main cash crop is the cotton of which the level of production is largely insufficient to satisfy the national and international market. The main food crops (corn, cassava, yam, bean, rice, etc.) permit to cover the food needed globally, but remain again extensively on this side of the potentialities offered by the ecological conditions of the country. In the process to increase the agricultural production, the herbicides, insecticides and the fertilizers are used now in higher quantity that in the past. The aim of this work was to assess the level of contamination of fish (Tilapia guineensis) in the Couffo River in Djidja (Benin) by the pesticides. Nine (09) samples of fish (Tilapia guineensis) have been collected in nine (09) points along the Couffo River. The analysis of these fish has been done by gas chromatography after extraction and purification. In fish, the detected concentrations in average ranged between 0.123 µg/kg and 0.191 µg/kg for the glyphosate, from 0.095 to 0.128 µg/kg for the profenofos, between 0.112 and 0.125 µg/kg for the acetamiprid and 0.127 and 0.139 µg/kg. To assess the risk to public health, pesticides intake by fish consumption was estimated and compared with Estimated Daily Intake (EDI) values reported by the Codex Alimentarius. This comparison showed that fish consumption does not pose a risk for public health.

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Firmin H. Aikpo, Lucien Agbandji, Miriac Dimitri S. Ahouanse, Luc Koumolou, S. Christophe Houssou, A. Patrick Edorh et al."Assessment of pesticides residues in fish (Tilapia guineensis) in the Couffo River in Djidja (Benin)". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878),vol 2, no. 3, 2017, pp.1356-1361 AI Publications doi:10.22161/ijeab/2.3.43

Firmin H. Aikpo, Lucien Agbandji, Miriac Dimitri S. Ahouanse, Luc Koumolou, S. Christophe Houssou, A. Patrick Edorh, P.(2017).Assessment of pesticides residues in fish (Tilapia guineensis) in the Couffo River in Djidja (Benin). International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(3), 1356-1361.10.22161/ijeab/2.3.43

Firmin H. Aikpo, Lucien Agbandji, Miriac Dimitri S. Ahouanse, Luc Koumolou, S. Christophe Houssou, A. Patrick Edorh, P.(2017).Assessment of pesticides residues in fish (Tilapia guineensis) in the Couffo River in Djidja (Benin). International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(3), pp.1356-1361.

Firmin H. Aikpo, Lucien Agbandji, Miriac Dimitri S. Ahouanse, Luc Koumolou, S. Christophe Houssou, A. Patrick Edorh. 2017."Assessment of pesticides residues in fish (Tilapia guineensis) in the Couffo River in Djidja (Benin)". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(3):1356-1361.Doi:10.22161/ijeab/2.3.43

Firmin H. Aikpo, Lucien Agbandji, Miriac Dimitri S. Ahouanse, Luc Koumolou, S. Christophe Houssou, A. Patrick Edorh."Assessment of pesticides residues in fish (Tilapia guineensis) in the Couffo River in Djidja (Benin)", International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology,vol.2,no. 3, pp.1356-1361,2017.

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