Revista de Investigaciones Altoandinas - Journal of High Andean Research

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2020)
Original articles

Occurrence of persistent organic pollutants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments of the inner bay of Lake Titicaca (Puno, Peru)

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  • Walter Alejandro Zamalloa Cuba,
  • Valdemar Luis Tornisielo,
  • Franz Zirena Vilca
Walter Alejandro Zamalloa Cuba
Escuela Profesional de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano de Puno, Peru
Valdemar Luis Tornisielo
Centro de Energía Nuclear na Agricultura, Laboratorio de Ecotoxicologia, Piracicaba, Brazil
Franz Zirena Vilca
Universidad Nacional de Moquegua, Ilo, Peru

Published 2020-01-22

Keywords

  • Contaminants, Chromatography, Organochlorine pesticides, Environmental risk,
  • Contaminants,
  • Organochlorine pesticides,
  • Chromatography,
  • Environmental risk

Copyright (c) 2020 Walter Alejandro Zamalloa Cuba, Valdemar Luiz Tornisielo, Franz Zirena Vilca

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Zamalloa Cuba, W. A., Tornisielo, V. L., & Zirena Vilca, F. (2020). Occurrence of persistent organic pollutants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments of the inner bay of Lake Titicaca (Puno, Peru). Revista De Investigaciones Altoandinas - Journal of High Andean Research, 22(1), 34-44. https://doi.org/10.18271/ria.2020.531

Abstract

Lake Titicaca is an important water resource and the ecological balance of the Peruvian-Bolivian Andean plateau depends on it. At present, it is being disturbed by poor water resource management practices, which is why persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were monitored in sediments from 13 sampling stations in the Inner Bay of Lake Titicaca (Puno, Peru). The samples were lyophilized and stored at -70°C for further analysis. For the validation of the analytical method, the following parameters were considered: recovery, repetition and uncertainty of all the compounds studied. The POPs were determined by gas chromatography coupled to an electron capture detector, and the presence of β-BHC, 0.018 μg/g; o,p´-DDE, 0.0011 μg/g; dicofol 0.0065 μg/g and endosulfan sulfate 0.0061 μg/g were detected. On the other hand, PAHs were determined by liquid chromatography coupled to a fluorescence detector, confirming the presence of naphthalene, 0.058 μg/g; pyrene, 0.039 μg/g; benzo(a)anthracene, 0.571 μg/g and chrysene, 0.033 μg/g. The presence of POPs and PAHs evidences an environmental risk for the species that inhabit the ecosystem of this lake.

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