Persistent organochlorines in human breast milk from Al-Sharkia Governorate, Egypt

Pesticide Residues in Buffalo and Human Breast Milk of Vegetables and Fruits Farming Community at Northern of Delta in Egypt

“…The general finding pattern in the present survey is almost similar (but at lower levels) as showed for the other previous studies as in Egypt and Libya [13,21] as well as the reviewed data mentioned and reported [22]. For the other milk types (e.g.…”

“…Aslam et al [12] quantified some of organochlorine pesticide residues in the buffalo milk samples of India. Regarding the studies which carried out on the human breast milk, [13] detected OCPs (for example, total DDTs) in breast milk of lactating mother at the main levels of 1315, 113.7 and 517.3 ng/g fat, respectively. Mirani et al [14] found endosulfan, DDT, chlorpyrifos, profenofos and lambda-cyhalothrin in milk samples of rural female farm workers in Sindh province of Pakistan.…”

Organochlorine pesticides and their metabolites in human breast milk from Shanghai, China

“…The predicted mean levels were equal to or slightly higher than the mean EDI based on the straightforward method. Fiftieth, 75th, 90th, and 99th percentiles of daily intake levels were much lower than the established/proposed TDI by China (GB 2763-20122012), Health Canada (1996, and WHO/FAO (FAO/ WHO 2009;Tsydenova et al 2007;Van Oostdam et al 1999), demonstrating that the health risk through breast milk consumption for the majority of neonates is low. For the individual high-end neonates (the 99th percentile daily intake), all predicted levels are lower than the TDI, except for ∑HCH, HCB, and ∑Chlordane with 99th percentile values (the individual high-end neonate) of 5.8/6.2 (male/female), 6.1/6.5 (male/female), and 3.0/2.9 (male/female) times higher than their TDI established by Health Canada (1996), respectively (Table 6 and Electronic supplementary material Table S5).…”

“…For the individual high-end neonates (the 99th percentile daily intake), all predicted levels are lower than the TDI, except for ∑HCH, HCB, and ∑Chlordane with 99th percentile values (the individual high-end neonate) of 5.8/6.2 (male/female), 6.1/6.5 (male/female), and 3.0/2.9 (male/female) times higher than their TDI established by Health Canada (1996), respectively (Table 6 and Electronic supplementary material Table S5). In addition, the 99th percentile level of ∑DDT was relatively high, and its value (8.660 and 9.132 μg/kg bw/day for male and female neonates, respectively) was close to the TDI (10 μg/kg bw/day) established by China (GB 2763-20122012. Sensitivity analysis revealed that the concentration of p,p′-DDE in breast milk was responsible for over 90 % of variance in neonate daily intake of ∑DDT (Fig.…”

Physicochemical and Microbiological Studies on Suez Fresh Water Canal

“…The uses of organochlorine pesticides in Egypt began since 1950s and were extensively used until 1981 to protect crops from insects, fungi and weeds. Nonetheless, DDT and several other organochlorine pesticides are still being illegally used for agriculture in many developing countries and have led to the contamination of foodstuffs, especially those having a high fat content such as meat and meat products, (Abd Al-Rahman, 2010). Actinomycetes have a great potential for biodegradation of different organochlorines, even when other carbon sources are present in the medium as energy source (Benimeli et al, 2003).…”