Determination of organochlorine pesticides in human adipose tissue in Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Intensive use of organochlorine pesticides (OCP) in agriculture, medical parasitology and other fields for years has resulted in accumulation in the environment and they have become its global pollutants. Physical and chemical properties that OCP possess provide high stability and let to cumulate themselves in human and animal adipose tissue. A child gets the first portions of OCP through the mother's placenta and further through food, water, air. OCP possess high toxicity. Being poisoned by OCP the central nervous system, liver and other parenchymatous organs are affected. They cause disturbance of functions of endocrine, cardiovascular systems, blood and so on. Use of OCP, except gamma -hexachlorcyclohexane, is prohibited in many countries. Though a number of countries use OCP in medical parasitology nowadays. That adds new portions of poisons to the environment. In this study we give the results of investigation of the following OCP residues ( alpha -, beta -, gamma -, delta - hexachlorcyclohexane (HCH), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, aldrin, dieldrin, p,p'-DDE, p,p'-DDD and p,p'-DDT) in human adipose tissue in Minsk, Belarus. Such study is carried out in the republic for the first time.