Analysis of pesticide residues in 290 samples of Guatemalan mother's milk.
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A previous study carried out by the Center for the Biology of Natural Systems (St. Louis) in Guatemala (OLSZYNA-MARZYS et al. 1973) reported abnormally high concentrations of DDT in samples of mother's milk from donors in three rural Pacific coast communities. In that survey of forty-six donors, total DDT was found to be as high as 12.2 ppm, 244 times the maximum permissible concentration for milk (0.05 ppm) established by WHO/FAO (WHO/FAO 1969). The average total DDT concentration in these samples was 2.36 ppm. This high average appeared related to the extensive agricultural use of pesticides on cotton grown near two of the communities, and to the residential spraying of DDT in
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology
دوره 16 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1976