Occurrence of DDT and BHC residues in human milk in India

Kalra, R. L.; Chawla, R. P.

doi:10.1007/bf01959888

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“…Among food commodities, meat, milk, and eggs form the important source of human nutrition. Reports on pesticide residues in bovine milk in India revealed that majority of samples were contaminated with DDT residues above the prescribed maximum residue limits (Battu et al 1984;Jadav 1986;Kalra and Chawla 1961;Handa 1992;Nag and Raikwar 2008). Meat samples collected from different parts of India were reported to contain DDT and HCH residues (Kalra et al 1979;Mehrotra 1985).…”

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Impact assessment and decontamination of pesticides from meat under different culinary processes

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Alam

et al. 2009

Environ Monit Assess

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A total of 75 animals between 1.5 and 8 years old were randomly selected for the study. Of these, 57.8% were cross-bred animals and the rest were non-descript. Moreover, 61.8% of the animals under study were brought for slaughter from local sources and the rest from farm houses. Samples collected from five districts revealed contamination with traces of organochlorine pesticides (0.01-0.22 microg g(-1)) and organophosphorus pesticides (0.111-0.098 microg g(-1)). In general, all the raw meat samples possessed dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane at the highest level. Contamination was highest in cow meat samples and lowest in chicken samples. No particular district-wise trend was obtained for the pesticides selected for analysis. Subsequent decontamination study revealed that cooking is the best option in reducing pesticide load in raw meat samples. Cooked chicken is the safest foodstuff for consumption.

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Impact assessment and decontamination of pesticides from meat under different culinary processes

Sengupta

Aktar

Alam

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“…Fot example, levels are so high in India that the infant intake of DDT on the average is 18 times higher than the acceptable daily intake (Kalra and Chawla 1981).…”

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Chemical contaminants in human milk

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“…The samples were frozen until analysis which was done within a week. Samples were brought to room temperature prior to the extraction and clean-up which was done essentially according to the procedure described by Kalra and Chawla (1981). Fat content of milk samples was determined by the method of Polishuk et al (1977).…”

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