DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDIRECT COMPETITIVE ELISA FOR ALDRIN DIELDRIN IN HUMAN-MILK SAMPLES COLLECTED IN EGYPT

Authors
IBRAHIM AMA RAGAB AA HEWEDI MM SMITH CJ
Citation
Ama. Ibrahim et al., DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDIRECT COMPETITIVE ELISA FOR ALDRIN DIELDRIN IN HUMAN-MILK SAMPLES COLLECTED IN EGYPT, FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL IMMUNOLOGY, 7(1), 1995, pp. 3-8
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Food Science & Tenology","Agriculture Dairy & AnumalScience
Journal title
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL IMMUNOLOGY → ACNP
ISSN journal
09540105
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
3 - 8
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-0105(1995)7:1<3:DOAICE>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Human milk samples (80) collected from 10 different cities in Egypt we re tested for aldrin/dieldrin using an indirect enzyme-linked imnmunos orbent assay (ELISA). Pesticides were detected in 73 of the 80 samples (91.25%) at levels ranging from 0.005 to 28 mu g ml(-1) These results present evidence for the persistence (or continued use) of these pest icides in Egyptian agriculture and their transmission through the food chain. More significantly the levels of pesticide in maternal milk (0 .006-28 ppm) represent an unacceptably high level for infant intake; t he maximum average daily intake is 0.0001 mg kg(-1) body, weight (WHO, 1972).