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- Title
Organochlorine Insecticides Residues in Human Milk: A Study of Lactating Mothers in Siphofaneni, Swaziland.
- Authors
Okonkwo, J. O.; Kampira, L.; Chingakule, D. D. K.
- Abstract
The article presents a study which focuses on the level of DDT and its metabolite in human milk in Swalizand. It has found out that levels of the levels of DDE were lower with a mean level of 0.02 milligram, and only five percent of the samples had their levels above the World Health Organization acceptable daily intake. The presence of high levels of DDE in the breast milk is an indication of chronic exposure of the mother to DDT, which is subsequently metabolized to DDE and retained in the body.
- Subjects
ESWATINI; DDT (Insecticide); BREAST milk; METABOLITES; MOTHERS; HUMAN body; INSECTICIDES; PUBLIC health; LACTATION
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 1999, Vol 63, Issue 2, p243
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s001289900972