Organochlorine pesticide residues in basic food products and diets in the Republic of Belarus

Samples of meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, vegetables, and rye and wheat bread from different area of Belarus were analyzed for the presence of organochlorine pesticide residues. Results showed that DDE was found most often at trace or small quantities. Small quantities of hexachlorocyclohexane is...

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Published in:Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 1999-08, Vol.63 (2), p.235-242
Main Authors: Barkatina, E.N, Pertsovsky, A.L, Murokh, V.I, Kolomiets, N.D, Shylyakovskaya, O.V, Venger, O.N, Makarevich, V.I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding
Biological and medical sciences
Diet
Environment. Living conditions
Food Contamination - analysis
Food Supply
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
Insecticides - chemistry
Medical sciences
Organic compounds
Organochlorine pesticides
Pesticide residues
Pesticide Residues - analysis
Pesticides
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Republic of Belarus
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Summary:Samples of meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, vegetables, and rye and wheat bread from different area of Belarus were analyzed for the presence of organochlorine pesticide residues. Results showed that DDE was found most often at trace or small quantities. Small quantities of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers were also detected. Overall, the organochlorine pesticide residue concentrations in the basic foodstuffs were blow FAO/WHO standards. In fish, quantifiable concentrations of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers were detected, as well as DDT and its metabolites. When 14 hospital diets of pregnant and nursing mothers were analyzed, the daily intake of total DDT ranged 2 5 mu g, while the intake of organochlorines/kg human body mass ranged 0.03 0.05 mu g/kg.
ISSN:0007-4861
1432-0800
DOI:10.1007/s001289900971