doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2017.8.3.950
Pesticide Burden in Women from Jaipur in Relation to Ethnicity, Religion and Addiction Habit
Mamta Sharma1
,
Pradeep Bhatnagar2
- 1Govt.R.R.College, Near Railway Station, Alwar
- 2Faculty of Sciences, the IIS University
Abstract
Pesticides, human health and safety ofenvironment is of global concern. Organochlorine pesticides(OCPs) have been used for several decades in development ofagriculture and protection of public health. Their lowdegradation nature, accumulation in living beings,biomagnification and biological effects in natural exposure andanimal experimentation led to the legislation of allowableconcentrations. This legislation was intended to prevent theexposure of the general population to harmful levels of thesexenobiotics. A monitoring study was therefore, conducted inJaipur (India) in which the circulating blood of pregnant womansubjects was analyzed for pesticide residues viz- aldrin, isomersof HCH, metabolites of heptachlor and DDT by using gas liquidchromatography. Study revealed the effect of religion (dietaryhabits), ethnicity and addiction habits on the accumulatorypattern of pesticide residues in the blood of pregnant women.
Keywords
- Gas chromatograph
- human blood
- Jaipur city
- organochlorine pesticide residue
How to Cite
Mamta Sharma and Pradeep Bhatnagar, "Pesticide Burden in Women from Jaipur in Relation to Ethnicity, Religion and Addiction Habit," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 216-220, 2017. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijesd.2017.8.3.950
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