With the second highest gross domestic product in Africa, South Africa is known to have a
high pesticide usage, including the highly persistent and banned group of organochlorine …

There are increasing concerns regarding the safe human consumption of fish from polluted,
freshwater impoundments. The aim of this study was to analyse the muscle tissue of the …

Fish consumption is known to have several health benefits for humans. However, the
accumulation of organic pollutants, like organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) could pose health …

Abstract Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in South Africa have for the most part been
banned, except dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) which is still used as malaria vector …

This study was conducted to evaluate occurrence of organochlorine pesticide residues in
Oreochromis niloticus fish reared by aquaculture in Kiambu and Machakos Counties. A total …

In Tanzania fish is one of the most important protein sources for the rapidly increasing
population. Wild fish is threatened by overfishing and pollution from agriculture, industries …

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have been used extensively in the eastern regions of
South Africa for agricultural and malaria control purposes, yet few data exist on the local …

Abstracts Dietary intake of fish containing organic contaminants poses a potential threat to
human health. In the present work, an assessment has been carried out to look at the human …

Although use of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) has been banned or severely limited on a
global basis, concerning concentrations continue to be reported in many tropical and …

In this study, gills and muscles tissue samples from 30 specimens of P. commersonnii and
22 specimens of M. cephalus obtained from Swartkops and Sundays River Estuaries …