Evaluación del riesgo de contaminación por metamidofos en la Microcuenca El Salto del Municipio de el Santuario, Antioquia

Abstract

This investigation was done in El Salto watershed basin located in the municipality of El Santuario. It was examined the presence of Metamidofos in plants of cabbage, in soils, with risk of contamination in waters for the human consumption. The level of concentration of Metamidofos exceeded the maximum limits established by Codex Alimentarius. In the soil, remainders of the product were not found, but they were present in runoff and in two sites of the channel of the gorge, located upstream of the intake of the municipal water system. Metamidofos was not found in the water sample of intake nor in the distribution network of the municipal water system.