Assessment of the Levels of DDT and its Metabolites in Soil and Dust Samples from Chiapas, Mexico

Authors :: Iván N. Pérez-Maldonado
Rebeca I. Martínez-Salinas
Lilia E. Batres-Esquivel
Fernando Díaz-Barriga
Source :: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 86:33-37
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2010.
Abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the levels of DDT and its metabolites in two environmental matrices (soil and dust) in five communities in Chiapas, Mexico. DDT and its metabolites were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The soil levels of total DDT ranged from non detectable (

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