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Endocrine disrupting pesticides in soil and their health risk through ingestion of vegetables grown in Pakistan

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A comprehensive study was conducted to appraise the concentrations of 30 endocrine disrupting pesticides (EDPs) in soil and vegetable samples collected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The sum of 30 EDPs (Σ30EDPs) ranged from 192 to 2148 μg kg−1 in the collected soils. The selected EDP concentrations exceeded their respective limits in most of the tested soils and showed great variation from site to site. Similarly, high variations in Σ30EDP concentrations were also observed in vegetables with the highest mean concentration in lettuce (28.9 μg kg−1), followed by radish (26.6 μg kg−1), spinach (25.7 μg kg−1), onion (16.2 μg kg−1), turnip (15.6 μg kg−1), and garlic (14.7 μg kg−1). However, EDP levels in all studied vegetables were within FAO/WHO limits. The mean bioconcentration factor values were observed < 1 for all the studied vegetables. The health risk assessment revealed that the incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) of Σ30EDPs associated with vegetable ingestion was below the acceptable risk level (1 × 10−6), showing no cancer risk to local inhabitants. However, exposure to endocrine disruptor and probable carcinogen heptachlor epoxide poses a potential non-cancer risk (hazard quotient (HQ > 1)) to children through vegetable consumption. The presence of banned EDPs in soils and vegetables of the study area indicates the stability of these legacy chemicals in the environment from over usage in the past or illegal current application for agricultural purposes.

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The current study was financially supported under the Strategic Priority Research Program (XDB15020301) by Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41525002).

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  1. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, 25120, Pakistan

    Neelum Ali, Sardar Khan & Muhammad Amjad Khan

  2. Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, Ningbo Urban Environment Observation and Research Station-NUEORS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315800, People’s Republic of China

    Neelum Ali & Huaiying Yao

  3. Department of Environmental and Conservation Sciences, University of Swat, Mingora, Pakistan

    Muhammad Waqas

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Research Highlights

• The mean values of Σ30EDPs ranged from 192 to 2148 μg kg-1 in the soils of Pakistan.

• The selected EDP concentrations exceeded the MRLs in most of the tested soils.

• Highest EDP concentration was observed in lettuce (28.9 μg/kg) followed by radish (26.6 μg/kg).

• EDP levels in all studied vegetables were below EDP MRLs set by FAO/WHO.

• ILCR via vegetable intake was < 10-6 for adults and children indicating no cancer risk

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Ali, N., Khan, S., Khan, M.A. et al. Endocrine disrupting pesticides in soil and their health risk through ingestion of vegetables grown in Pakistan. Environ Sci Pollut Res 26, 8808–8820 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-04287-y

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