Levels of HCH Residues in Human Milk Samples from Delhi, India

Banerjee, B. D.; Zaidi, S. S. A.; Pasha, Syed Tazeen; Rawat, Devendra Singh; Koner, Bidhan Chandra; Hussain, Q. Z.

doi:10.1007/s001289900492

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“…In this vast country, decisions on the usage of fertilizers and pesticides are being taken by the agriculture and disease control departments of the respective states, except in cases of imposition of national bans, and so there is every possibility that the usage of chemicals in different states in India are different, thus making the pollution control measures difficult. Further, the levels of both the predominant contaminants (DDTs and HCHs) in the above three metro cities from where the samples were collected (New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai) were lesser than in many previous observations (Banerjee et al, 1997;Sharma et al, 2001).…”

Section: Recent Status Of Organohalogen Pollution In the Major Metropmentioning

confidence: 67%

Recent status of organohalogens, heavy metals and PAHs pollution in specific locations in India

2015

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Section: Recent Status Of Organohalogen Pollution In the Major Metropmentioning

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Recent status of organohalogens, heavy metals and PAHs pollution in specific locations in India

2015

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“…OCPs exposure is related to various adverse health effects like neurotoxicity, reproductive toxicity, immonutoxicity, carcinogenicity, oxidative stress etc. (Banerjee et al 1996(Banerjee et al , 1997(Banerjee et al , 2001Sarcinelli et al 2003;Torres et al 2006). In conclusion, the results of the present study clearly demonstrate a prenatal uptake of organochlorine compounds and provide more information on the transplacental transfer of endosulfan in Indian population.…”

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Endosulfan and Other Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Maternal and Cord Blood in North Indian Population

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Humans are exposed to various environmental chemicals such as organochlorine pesticide residues, heavy metals, polychlorinatedbiphenyls (PCBs) etc. There is paucity of data regarding the present blood levels of organochlorine residues in North Indian population with reference to reproductive health. The present study was designed to analyze the levels of organochlorine pesticide residues in maternal and cord blood samples of normal healthy women with full term pregnancy to gain insight into the current status of pesticide burden in newborns. Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) contributed maximum towards the total organochlorine residues present in maternal and cord blood followed by endosulfan, pp' DDE and pp' DDT being the least. This is also the first report indicating endosulfan levels in this population. Our data indicates a transfer rate of 60-70% of these pesticides from mothers to newborns and this high rate of transfer of pesticides is of great concern as it may adversely affect the growth and development of newborn.

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“…As a result of intensive application, relatively high levels of HCHs and DDTs were observed in the Indian environment and biota. Especially the finding of persistent organochlorine residues like DDTs, HCHs and PCBs in human breast milk [130][131][132][133][134][135][136] is of particular concern because infants and children may be susceptible to the toxic implications of any toxicant than the adults.…”

Section: Locationmentioning

confidence: 99%