Persistent organochlorine in human breast milk from Al-Sharkia Governorate, Egypt | ||||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, F. Toxicology & Pest Control | ||||
| Article 4, Volume 2, Issue 1, June 2010, Page 21-30 PDF (258.29 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsf.2010.17459 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Sherif H. Abd Al-Rahman | ||||
| Pesticides Residues and Environmental Pollution Dept., Central Agricultural Pesticide Laboratory, Agricultural Research Center. Giza 12618, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| In the present study, 23 human breast milk samples were collected in January 2009 from Fakous city, Al-Sharkia Governorate, Egypt. The samples were analysed for organochlorine pesticides such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolites, α, β, and γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers. The average concentrations of HCHs and DDTs were 225 and 1315 ng/g lipid respectively. There was no significant difference between the levels of OCP and mother age, while there was a significant difference and correlation between the levels of OCP and the number of times the mother had breast fed (primiparous and multiparous) (p < 0.05). The results suggested that DDT is still entering the environment depending on the observed ratio of DDE/DDT. The levels of OCP in human milk recommended that we need to do more regular pollutant monitoring programs. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Persistent organochlorine; pesticide; Human milk; Egypt | ||||
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