Preliminary study of organochlorine insecticide residues in human adipose tissue and blood | ||
| Journal of Pest Control and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Volume 2, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 83-90 PDF (826.41 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpces.1990.460678 | ||
| Authors | ||
| M. F. Macklad* 1; E. E. Enan2 | ||
| 1Etay El-Barod Research Station, Agric. Research Center | ||
| 2High Institute of Public Health, University of Alexandria. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study attempts to establish 1987 baseline level of organochlorine insecticides (OCI) in adipose tissue and blood samples of rural population from Behera governorate, Egypt. Data indicate that the major detected OCI in adipose tissue were HCH and Y-BHC isomers; DDI and DDE. HCH level exceeded the USSR & USA former indicating fresh exposure to HCH. The mean value of DDE was 4. ppm exceeds the levels reported for most European countries. Males exhibited higher OCI levels than females. HCH and DDE were the only detected OCI in blood serum at levels far less than in adipose tissue. Males also exhibited higher levels than females in blood serum, indicating that males are more exposed to OCI than females. | ||
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