Organochlorine Pesticides in Infant Milk Formulas Marketed in the South of Mexico City

• Published in: Food and nutrition sciences Vol. 5; no. 13; pp. 1290 - 1298
• Main Authors: Tolentino, Rey Gutiérrez, León, Salvador Vegay, Bermúdez, Beatriz Schettino, Flores, Guadalupe Prado, Vega, María de Lourdes Ramírez, Vázquez, Claudia Radilla, Vázquez, María Radilla, Francisca, Marcela Vazquez
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.07.2014
• ISSN: 2157-944X; 2157-9458
• DOI: 10.4236/fns.2014.513140

The nature of organochlorine pesticides and their physical-chemical properties exert immediate action of control on live systems, which has justified their use in agricultural practices. Their long life makes them a persistent ecological aggressor and biomagnifier. They reach foods by biotic and abiotic means, and are absorbed and accumulate in adipose tissue. In lactation processes, they are excreted in milk through the mobilization of fats. Diverse studies have identified them as neurotoxic, affecting reproductive processes, altering the immunological response and act as endocrine disruptors. The determinations were made following the protocols of the International Dairy Federation, by means of gas chromatography with electron capture detector, and the majority presence was found of alpha -HCH (100%), beta -HCH (95.2%), gamma -HCH (90.5%), aldrin (85.7%), heptachlor (80.9%) and heptachlor epoxide (80.9%) with mean values of 0.24 mu g/kg, 0.13 mu g/kg, 0.32 mu g/kg, 0.62 mu g/kg, 0.92 mu g/kg and 0.18 mu g/kg of fat, respectively.