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19782384

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-28
pubmed:abstractText
DDT is used for indoor residual spraying (IRS) in Limpopo Province, northern South Africa to control malaria. Through IRS, DDT may reach the outdoor environment via dust and air and from possible spillages during application. In this area the local people consume domestic chickens, wild fish or birds. Fish from the river catchment and impoundments seem to be the major source of protein intake. Water, sediment and tissue samples from two such fish species, domestic chickens and wild birds (terrestrial and aquatic) from this DDT-sprayed area were analysed for DDT and metabolite residues. The samples contained p,p'-DDT, p,p'-DDD and p,p'-DDE residues, with the latter the most ubiquitous and in the highest concentrations. These findings raise concern that both water and food may be major routes of human exposure to DDT and metabolites, thereby posing possible adverse human health implications to the local communities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1879-1298
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1236-41
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
DDT residues in water, sediment, domestic and indigenous biota from a currently DDT-sprayed area.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Faculty of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 667, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. Irene@med.up.ac.za
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't