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2011(Vol.3, Issue:2)
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Organochlorine Pesticides Residues in the Breast Milk of Some Primiparae Mothers in La Community, Accra, Ghana

Anita Osei Tutu, P.O. Yeboah, A.A. Golow, D. Denutsui and S. Blankson-Arthur
Corresponding Author:  Anita Osei Tutu 
Submitted: 2010 November, 26
Accepted: 2010 December, 18
Published: 2011 March, 05
Abstract:
This study was conducted to determine the types and levels of Organochlorine pesticide residues in the breast milk of 21 primiparae mothers in La, a suburb of Accra an urban community in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. Liquid-liquid extraction procedure was employed and extract clean-up was done using silica gel solid phase extraction. Fourteen (14) different organochlorine pesticides residues namely p,p’-DDT, p,p’-DDE, gamma-HCH, delta-HCH, heptachlor, aldrin, Endrin, endrin-aldehyde, endrin-ketone, alpha-endosulphan, endosulphan-sulphate, gamma-chlordane, dieldrin, and methoxychlor were identified and quantified in the individual breast milk samples using a Gas Chromatograph (GC) with an Electron C apture detector. The GC recoveries of spiked samples were between 89 to 97%. P,p’- DDE recorded 100% incidence ratio. Also p,p’-DDT, delta-HCH, gamma-HCH, and endosulfan sulfate recorded incidence ratios of 76.79, 95.25, 80.95 and 85.71%, respectively for the breast milk samples. The concentrations of organochlorine pesticide residues in the human breast milk samples ranged from 1.839 to 99.05 :μg/kg fats. With the exception of Endosulphan Sulphate whose mean concentration (99.052 :μg/kg) was above the Australian Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) of 20 :μg/kg for milk, the mean concentrations for all the other organochlorines detected were below their respective limits.

Key words:  Breast milk, gas chromatograph, Ghana, maximum residue limit, organochlorine pesticide residues, primiparae,
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Anita Osei Tutu, P.O. Yeboah, A.A. Golow, D. Denutsui and S. Blankson-Arthur, . Organochlorine Pesticides Residues in the Breast Milk of Some Primiparae Mothers in La Community, Accra, Ghana. Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences, (2): 154-160.
ISSN (Online):  2041-0492
ISSN (Print):   2041-0484
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