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BANNED ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES RESIDUE STILL OCCUR IN CATTLE MILK FROM KHARTOUM STATE

Domaine:

healthcareagriculture
Créateur:
SarAfaSahAbu
Éditeur:
Gra
Hôte:
Background: Pesticides application for controlling pests, has been a matter of debate for long time. In order to guarantee sustainable human health, this application should be monitored continuously. Materials and Methods: 65 samples of cattle milk were collected from different Khartoum state’s municipals; to assess the OCP residue, samples were extracted with petroleum ether and cleaned up using silica gel, then read out by GC equipped with FID. Result: Two pesticides belong to OCP were detected, Endosulfan (69.8%) and Heptachlor (92%); the detected concentration of the second one was outstanding, as all positive samples were above the MRL.

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