Estimation and Human Health Risk Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticides in Raw Milk Marketed in Zagazig City, Egypt

Table 1

Estimated daily intake of OCPs due to ingestion of milk among Egyptian population.

	ADI	Cow’s milk		Buffalo’s milk		Goat’s milk
		Adults	Children	Adults	Children	Adults	Children
pp-DDT	10000	74.03	296.13	184.43	737.73	293.7	1174.8
pp-DDD	10000	51.1	204.4	70.36	281.46	184.1	736.4
pp-DDE	10000	57.43	229.73	120.73	482.93	147.16	588.66
Heptachlor	100	42.23	168.93	50.76	203.06	45.16	180.66
Heptachlor-epoxide	100	64.03	256.13	78	312	51.1	204.4
-HCH	5000	50.7	202.8	60.53	242.13	307.2	1228.8
-HCH	5000	111.46	445.86	317.03	1268.13	736.66	2946.66
Aldrin	100	38.86	155.46	61.83	247.33	147.03	588.13
Endrin	100	7.66	30.66	24.66	98.66	51.06	204.26
Chlordane	500	47.36	189.46	40.33	161.33	41.46	165.86
HCB	600	11.83	47.33	24.8	99.2	37.76	151.06
Methoxychlor	6300	5.16	20.66	15	60	29.6	118.4

ADI: acceptable daily intake.
Values in bold are higher than ADI.