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PAPER /jem | Journal of Environmental Monitoring Safety assessment of the source water within the Pearl River Delta on the aspect of organochlorine pesticides contamination† Meng Qiao,ab Taicheng An,*a Xiangying Zeng,a Delin Zhang,ab Guiying Li,a Guoying Sheng,a Jiamo Fu,a Guoxia Zhangc and Jun Guoc Received 1st February 2010, Accepted 15th June 2010 DOI: 10.1039/c002019b The safety of source water is a noticeable problem in the Pearl River Delta, one of the densely populated areas in China. In this study, 20 individual organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were investigated in 15 water sources within this area using gas chromatography-electron capture detector, and the hazard risks to human health were assessed in terms of individual OCPs based on daily water consumption according to the standard recommended by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Results showed that the total OCP concentrations ranged from 2.42 ng l1 to 39.52 ng l1 during the years 2008 and 2009. The hazard ratios based on both non-cancer and cancer benchmarks were less than 1 for all the water samples, which indicated that individual OCPs posed no risk to human health. However, the risks caused by the combined toxicity of total OCPs in this area should not be ignored. 1. Introduction holm Convention in May, 2001. The convention, approved by the National People’s Congress, formally became effective in Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), considered as one of the most China from November 11, 2004. China now strictly fulfils all her important groups of the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) obligations under the convention.5 Due to their persistence, defined by the United States Environm