@article{article_481306, title={Analysis of Some Chlorinated Pesticides in Adriatic Sea: Case Study: Porto-Romano, Durres, Albania}, journal={Journal of International Environmental Application and Science}, volume={11}, pages={270–276}, year={2016}, url={https://izlik.org/JA67AA96DW}, author={Borshi, Xhejni and Nuro, Aurel and Macchiarelli, Guido and Palmerini, Maria Grazia}, keywords={Porto Romano, organochlorinated pesticides, water samples, gaschromatography}, abstract={<span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The aim of this study was to determine organochlorine pesticides levels
in water samples from </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Porto-Romano,
one of the main “Hot Spot” in the Albanian coast of Adriatic Sea. Porto Romano is situated only 7 km far from Durres
city, and is characterized by a strong pesticide contamination of soil, water
and air, due to ex-Chemical Enterprise
that produced pesticides for agriculture and other chemicals for leather
treatment during communist regime up
to 90’s in Albania. Water samples were taken in six stations in the
Porto-Romano area, in May 2016. Organochlorinated compounds were
measured by gas chromatography electron capture detection. These compounds were
extracted using liquid-liquid technique using n-hexane as extracting solvent. </span> <span lang="sq" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="sq">After extraction the  organic  phase was dried with 5 g Na <sub>2 </sub>SO <sub>4 </sub>
anhidrous,  to remove water. A Florisil
column was used for the sample clean-up. After the concentration to 1 ml, the
samples were injected in GC/ECD HP 6890 Series II. <a> </a> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Results showed that
even if organochlorine pesticide production stopped by the 90’s in Albania,
data shows persistent levels of organochlorinated pesticides were still found
in all water samples.These data highlight the importance of a continuous
environmental monitoring of polluted area subjected to protect human’s and
wildlife’s health. </span>}, number={3}