Monitoring of organochlorine pesticide residues from bovine milk in Patna (Bihar), INDIA
| Autor: | S. P. Singh, T. Saha, S. B. Sah, R. N. Gupta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Bovine milk
Pesticide contamination 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences General Immunology and Microbiology Mean value Organochlorine pesticide 010501 environmental sciences Pesticide Contamination Biology 01 natural sciences General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Toxicology Baby food General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Management practices 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied and Natural Science. 9:1012-1016 |
| ISSN: | 2231-5209 0974-9411 |
| DOI: | 10.31018/jans.v9i2.1313 |
| Popis: | The milk has high nutritional properties and is widely used as baby food in different forms. The present study was undertaken to evaluate pesticide contamination in bovine milk samples from Patna district of Bihar. Out of 24 samples analyzed during 2012, 18 samples (75 %) were found to be contaminated with HCH residues varying from ND-0.178 mg kg-1 (mean value 0.135 mg kg-1). Seven samples (29.2 %) had HCH exceeding MRL of 0.01 mg kg-1. DDT residues were detected in 20 samples (83.3 %) and ranged from ND-0.132 mg kg-1 (mean value 0.122 mg kg-1). Five samples (20.8 %) contained DDT residues above the prescribed MRL of 0.05 mg kg-1. Out of 24 samples of bovine milk analyzed during 2013, 16 samples (66.7 %) were found to be contaminated with HCH and 15 samples (62.5%) with DDT residues. The residues of HCH varied from ND-0.154 mg kg-1 (mean value 0.053 mg kg-1) and DDT from ND-0.120 mg kg-1 (mean value 0.122 mg kg-1). The residues of HCH and DDT were above MRL in four samples (16.7 %) and three samples (12.5 %) respectively. The management practices of animals and legal punishment on using banned pesticides are the alternatives to reduce pesticide contamination incidences in milk. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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