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 |
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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.