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POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS, HEXACHLOROBENZENE AND OTHER ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES IN HUMAN MILK
Author(s) -
Siyali D. S.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb129783.x
Subject(s) - hexachlorobenzene , organochlorine pesticide , pesticide , environmental chemistry , metropolitan area , chemistry , environmental science , geography , biology , ecology , archaeology
Milk from 45 women living in the metropolitan area was found to contain DDT and other commonly found pesticides in amounts comparable with those reported in previous overseas surveys. In the present survey, no polychiorinated biphenyls were detected in any sample. However, all samples contained the fungicide hexachlorobenzene, which has been reported in only a few surveys.