Monitoring of pesticides water pollution-The Egyptian River Nile
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Monitoring of pesticides water pollution-The Egyptian River Nile
BACKGROUND Persistent organic pollutants represent about 95 % of the industrial sector effluents in Egypt. Contamination of the River Nile water with various pesticides poses a hazardous risk to both human and environmental compartments. Therefore, a large scale monitoring study was carried on pesticides pollution in three geographical main regions along the River Nil water stream, Egypt. MET...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2052-336X
DOI: 10.1186/s40201-016-0259-6