Table 7.
Pesticide concentrations (ppm) in surface and groundwater sample of Bangladesh. Data are extracted from different studies and values given represent the mean values or the range from minimum to maximum.
| Sampling Location | Water Type | Pesticide detected | Concentration | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIT, Khulna | Surface Water | DDT | 0.0195 | (Rahman, 1997) |
| DDE | 0 | |||
| Endrin | 0 | |||
| Heptachlor | 0.0002 | |||
| Kittonkhola, Barisal | Surface water | DDT | 0.035 | (Rahman, 1997) |
| DDE | 0 | |||
| Endrin | 0 | |||
| Heptachlor | 0.0002 | |||
| Anowara, Chittagong | Surface water | DDT | 0 | (Rahman, 1997) |
| DDE | 0 | |||
| Endrin | 0.075 | |||
| Heptachlor | 0 | |||
| Amin Bazar, Dhaka | Surface water | DDT | 0 | (Rahman, 1997) |
| DDE | 0.01 | |||
| Endrin | 0.014 | |||
| Heptachlor | 0.00023 | |||
| Baman Danga Beel | Surface water | p,p'-DDE | 0 | (Rahman, 1997) |
| Dieldrin | 0.00064 | |||
| p,p'-DDT | 0.0015 | |||
| Hand Tubewel (Nayerhat, Dhaka) | Groundwater | p,p'-DDE | 0 | (Rahman, 1997) |
| Dieldrin | Traces | |||
| p,p'-DDT | Traces | |||
| Niger bell (Comilla) | Surface water | p,p'-DDE | 0.0001 | (Rahman, 1997) |
| Dieldrin | 0 | |||
| p,p'-DDT | 6×10−6 | |||
| Begumgonj, Sylhet | Surface water | p,p'-DDE | 0.00046 | (Rahman, 1997) |
| Dieldrin | 0 | |||
| p,p'-DDT | 0.019 | |||
| Water samples collected from different regions of Bangladesh | Surface water | p,p'-DDE | 0.013–0.060 | (Matin et al., 1998) |
| p,p'-DDD | 0.014–0.038 | |||
| p,p'-DDT | 0.015–0.068 | |||
| Heptachlor | 0.150–1.020 | |||
| samples collected from different regions of Bangladesh | Groundwater | p,p'-DDE | 0.010–0.084 | (Matin et al., 1998) |
| p,p'-DDD | 0.014–0.365 | |||
| p,p'-DDT | 0.027–1.204 | |||
| Heptachlor | 0.025–0.789 | |||
| Samples collected at 48 different locations in Bangladesh | Surface water | Aldrin | ND | (Islam, 2007) |
| Dieldrin | ND | |||
| Endrin | ND | |||
| p,p'-DDT | ND-0.5401 | |||
| Heptachlor | ND-1.479 | |||
| Lindane | ND-1.826 | |||
| Pond Water samples collected from different regions of Bangladesh | Surface water | Aldrin | ND | (Bagchi, 2009) |
| Dieldrin | ND | |||
| Endrin | ND | |||
| DDT | ND-0.316 | |||
| DDD | ND-0.052 | |||
| DDE | ND-0.014 | |||
| Lindane | ND | |||
| Heptachlor | ND-0.048 | |||
| Carbaryl | ND-0.609 | |||
| Carbofuran | ND-1.760 | |||
| Pond water collected from Nabinagar Upazila under Brahmanbaria district | Surface water | Malathion | ND-0.0463 | (Uddin, 2012) |
| Carbofuran | ND-0.0629 | |||
| Cypermethrin | ND-0.09 | |||
| Samples collected from Savar and Dhamrai Upazila | Surface water | Malathion | ND-105.2 | (Chowdhury, 2012) |
| Diazinon | ND-0.9 | |||
| Carbaryl | ND-18.1 | |||
| Carbofuran | ND-198.7 | |||
| Samples collected from the paddy fields, Rangpur district | Surface water | Chlorpyrifos | ND-1.189 | (Chowdhury et al., 2012) |
| Carbofuran | ND-3.395 | |||
| Carbaryl | ND-0.163 | |||
| Samples collected from pond water in Meherpur zilla | Surface water | Diazinon | ND-0.0775 | (Uddin, 2012) |
| Chlorpyriphos | ND-0.0143 | |||
| Carbofuran | ND-0.0387 | |||
| Carbaryl | ND | |||
| Water samples collected from Jessore region | Surface water | Quinaphos | ND-0.241 | (Fatema, 2013) |
| Water samples from the lakes, Rangpur district | Surface water | Chlorpyrifos | 0.544–0.895 | (Chowdhury et al., 2012) |
| Carbofuran | 0.949–1.671 | |||
| Carbaryl | ND-0.195 | |||
| Samples collected from different spots in Bangladesh | Surface water | Aldrin | ND | (Chowdhury et al., 2013) |
| Dieldrin | ND | |||
| DDE | ND-4.06 | |||
| DDD | ND | |||
| DDT | ND-8.29 | |||
| Endrin | ND | |||
| Lindane | ND | |||
| Heptachlor | ND-5.24 | |||
| Water samples collected from near the vegetable fields of Savar Upazila | Surface water | DDT | BDL | (Hossain et al., 2015) |
| Chlorpyrifos | BDL-9.31 | |||
| Diazinon | BDL-7.86 | |||
| Ethion | BDL | |||
| Fenthion | BDL-56.3 | |||
| Fenitrothion | BDL-33.41 | |||
| Malathion | BDL-59.9 | |||
| Parathion | BDL-6.23 | |||
| Carbaryls | BDL-6.3 | |||
| Carbofuran | BDL-43.2 | |||
| Cypermethrin | BDL-80.5 | |||
| Methoxychlor | BDL | |||
| Samples collected at different spots from Dhamrai Upazila | Both surface and groundwater | Malathion | ND-922.8 | (Hasanuzzaman et al., 2016) |
| Diazinon | ND-31.5 |
ND, not detected; BDL, below detection Limit.