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  • Title: Monitoring of organochlorine pesticide residues in the Indian marine environment.
    Author: Pandit GG, Rao AM, Jha SK, Krishnamoorthy TM, Kale SP, Raghu K, Murthy NB.
    Journal: Chemosphere; 2001 Jul; 44(2):301-5. PubMed ID: 11444313.
    Abstract:
    Organochlorine pesticide residues in sediment and fish samples collected from the east and west coasts of India are presented. HCH isomers and DDT and its metabolites are the predominantly identified compounds in most of the samples. Despite the higher quantity of consumption, HCH and DDT levels in fish in India were lower than those in temperate countries suggesting a lower accumulation in tropical fish, which could be due to rapid volatilization and degradation of these insecticides in the tropical environment. The predominance of alpha- and beta-HCH reflect the use of technical grade HCH in India. The high temperature in the tropics also enhances the elimination rate of chemicals in fish, as the biological half-lives of semivolatile compounds such as DDT are short at high temperature.
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