Table 4 Ecological risk assessment of different OCPs in Khabeki and Uchalli Lakes.

From: Profile distribution and ecological risk assessment of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in environmental matrices of Uchalli and Khabeki Lakes

OCPs

PNEC

Khabeki Lake

Uchalli Lake

RQ

RC (%)

RQ

RC (%)

o,pʹ-DDE

0.00014

1.06***

24.54

6.01***

21.41

p,pʹ-DDE

0.00014

0.67**

15.51

5.13***

18.29

o,pʹ- DDD

0.00087

0.88**

20.38

6.96***

24.79

p,pʹ-DDD

0.00087

0.62**

14.36

5.16***

18.38

o,pʹ-DDT

0.00014

0.23**

5.32

2.03***

7.23

p,pʹ-DDT

0.00014

0.14**

3.25

1.6***

5.7

α-HCH

2.238

0.002*

0.05

0.016*

0.058

β-HCH

2.238

0.001*

0.02

0.013*

0.047

γ-HCH

2.238

0.0006*

0.01

0.009*

0.035

trans-chlordane

0.011

0.41**

9.49

0.69**

2.46

cis-chlordane

0.011

0.3**

6.95

0.44**

1.57

α-endosulfan

3.442

0.003*

0.07

0.006*

0.02

β-endosulfan

3.442

0.002*

0.05

0.004*

0.01

  1. Note: Low risk = RQ ≤ 0.1 =*, Medium risk = 0.1 < RQ ≤ 1 = **, High risk = RQ > 1 = ***.
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