SummaryEighty‐two samples of either nile perch fish fat or muscle were collected from the Kenyan region of Lake Victoria for detection of organochlorine residues. Nine organochlorine residues were detected in the following percentages: α‐BHCIHCB‐40%; P‐BHC/HCB‐40%; y‐BHC/HCB/lindane‐4%; aldrin‐9%; dieldrin‐1%; p, p'‐DDE‐73%; p, p'‐DDD‐9%; o, p'‐DDT‐170; and p, p'‐DDT‐11%. All levels of organochlorine residues were below the Extraneous Residue Limit (ERL), apart from just one sample of fish fat which had 4.51 ppm of sum DDT above ERL. There was a higher level of organochlorines from Mbita than from Luanda fishing point.RésuméEighty‐two échantillons de graisse ou de muscle de perche du Nil ont été récoltés dans la région kényane du lac Victoria pour rechercher des résidus organochlorés. On a détecté 9 résidus organochlorés, avec les pourcentages suivants: α‐BHC/HCB‐40%; β‐BHC/HCB‐40%;γ‐BHC/HCB/lindane‐4%;aldrine‐9%; dieldrine‐1%; p, p'‐DDE‐73%; p, p'‐DDD‐9%; o, p'‐DDT‐1%; and p, p'‐DDT‐11%. Tous les taux de résidus organochlorés ktaient infkrieurs a la ‘Extraneous Residue Limit’ (ERL) sauf pour un seul échantillon de graisse de poisson qui contenait 4,51 ppm de DDT total au‐dessus de 1'ERL. I1 y avait un taux plus élevé d'organochlorés a Mbita qu'au point de pêche de Luanda.
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