Estimation of the Most Widespread Pesticides in Agricultural Soils Collected from Some Egyptian Governorates

Pesticides are usually used in agriculture practice for field and post-harvest protection, whereas their prolonged persistence the environment may lead to high toxicity humans animals. Therefore, aim of this study was investigate detection different pesticide residues agricultural soil samples collected from four Egyptian governorates. A total forty were during period April June 2020. Samples extracted using a QuEChERS method analyzed gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Data revealed that Damietta governorate highly contaminated (80.00%) by residues, followed Fayoum (40.00%), Menia (36.36%), Alexandria (10.00%) The detected belonged following chemical groups; triazole (21.43%), organophosphate, neonicotinoid, pyrethroid (10.71%), others. Among insecticides malathion, acetamiprid, methomyl at concentrations 10.315, 0.725, 0.395 mg/kg respectively. fungicide carbendazim also concentration 18.303 mg/kg. Meanwhile, governorate, no fungicides samples. herbicide, oxyfluorfen pendimethalin thiobencarb governorate. herbicides not both This shed light on presence Egypt, which affect products grown soil.