Evaluation of Occurrence and Health Risk of Organochlorine Pesticides in Sediments of the Department of Bolivar, Colombia
Organochlorine pesticides such as Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) were widely used in agriculture and vector disease control worldwide.Despite its ban in production and application since the 1970s in many countries, its residues in water, air and soil have been reported.Organochlorine pesticides have been propo