Determination of y-BHC in Breast milk of Kenyan Woman
Abstract
Residues of y
-
benzene hexachloride (lindane) were determined from samples of human milk procured
from a hospital in a Nairobi, Kenya. The pesticide residues were extracted using n
-
hexane. Detection
and quantitation
of the pesticide residue was made by a gas chromatograph employing an electron
caoture detector.
Most samples were found to contain detectable but low levels of lindane residue in
the concentration range of 9.0
x
10
-
6 to 1
.0 parts per million (ppm)
Publisher
University of Nairobi College of Health Science