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The status of POPs monitoring in Kenya and Capacity building

needs

Charles Mirikau Department of Chemistry/

Department of Public Health Pharmacology and ToxicologyUniversity of Nairobi, Kenya

[email protected]

Presented at Final Results Workshop for the UNEP/GEF project ´Establishing the Tools and Methods to Include the Nine New POPs into Global Monitoring Plan´ and Inception Workshop for the UNEP/GEF project ´Continuing Regional Support for the POPs Global Monitoring Plan under the Stockholm

Convention in the Africa Region´

MC, Inception Workshop Africa GMP‐2 Project Accra Ghana, July 2016

Background on Kenya • Social political data.

– Population 47 million (est)– New births per year 830,000 (est)

• Kenya is Party to the Stockholm Convention.

• September 24th 2004, Kenya became a Contracting Party to SC

• First NIP 2012 and updated in 2014.

MC,Inception Workshop for the UNEP/GEF project Ghana

Implementation of POPs monitoring activities in Kenya (abiotic matrices)

• Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi is the major institution involved in supporting POPs monitoring activities in Kenya.

• Matrices:– air, water, soil, sediments, fish,

products.

• Ref. Lab for PCPB and NEMA.

• Train staff for other national institutions ON Pesticides and POPs analysis.

– Total Staff 42 1cademic and 25 technical staff.

– Staff involved in POPs:• Academic = 10• Technical = 5

– Continuous training of students on POPs at MSC, PhD Levels.


Implementation of POPs monitoring activities in Kenya (biotic matrices: Mother Milk)

• Department of Public Health Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi is the major institution involved in supporting POPs monitoring activities in Kenya.

• Matrices:– Mothers Milk.

• Train staff for other national institutions on Analyisis of POPs in Mothers milk.

– Staff involved in POPs:• Academic = 4• Technical = 5

– Continuous training of students on POPs at MSC, PhD Levels.


Sampling equipment available

• Automatic ambient air sampler‐ donated by RECRETOX in 2013

Passive sampling devices


Sample extraction apparatus• Solids – use Soxhlet method

• Liquids: Solvent‐solvent extraction.


Analytical equipment present• Agilent 6890 HRGC‐LRMS.


Analytical equipment present

Agilent 6890N HRGC-µECD, Varian 3800 GC-ECD


Experiences

• Mothers Milk– Incorporation of Ministry of

Health facilitated permits for collection of Mothers milk samples

– Identification of clinics and mothers was facilitated Ministry of Health

– Creation of rapport with mothers helped them understand the reason for giving the samples

• Air/Water• Distance to sampling sites is far thus required detailed planning and scheduling


Capacity enhancement needsand expectations

• Training in analysis of new POPs eg. PBDEs, PFOS,

• Inter‐calibration studies to monitor laboratory performance.

• Greater collaboration among the regional countries in POPs monitoring activities.


Capacity enhancement needsand expectations…

• Extraction system‐ Automatic Soxhlet.

• Provision of sampling equipment for water and filters for LV‐ active air sampler.


Expected Equipment Soon?LC/MS and GC/MS with higher resolution


Acknowledgement• UNEP Chemicals‐ DTIE and UNEP/GEF project participants.

• RECETOX and MONET Africa programme participants • Expert laboratories.• GAPS• WHO• The secretariat for the Stockholm Convention.• The Host, Ghana EPA.• Government of Kenya and the University of Nairobi.


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