Table 4. Reported levels of OCPs in human breast milk samples in African countries.

Country	Pesticide	Concentration detected (ng/g lw, except where specified)	Reference
Egypt	Lindane	90	[31]
Ghana	HCB	40	[66]
	p,p’-DDE	490
	ΣDDTs	78	[67]
	ΣHCHs	46
	Dieldrin	123
	HCB	5
Mozambique	ΣDDTs	930	[54]
South Africa	ΣDDT (ng/g)	ND–8,540	[70]
	ΣDDE	1–14,580
	ΣDDD	ND–5,910
	ΣDDTs (mg/kg mf)	8–140	[21]
	ΣDDTs (µg/g mf)	1.3–10	[77]
Tunisia	ΣDDTs	1,164	[40]
	HCB	289
	p,p’-DDE	661	[32]
	p,p’-DDT	438
	p,p’-DDE	77
	p,p’-DDT	106
	ΣDDTs	1,931	[34]
	ΣHCHs	65
	HCB	85
	Dieldrin	25
	HCB	260	[33]
	ΣHCHs	67
	Dieldrin	59
	ΣDDTs	3,863

ND=below limit of detection, lw=lipid weight, mf=milk fat, LOQ=limit of quantification, LOD=limit of detection. DDTs=DDT + DDE + DDD, HCB=hexachlorobenzene, HCH=hexachlorocyclohexanes.