Department of Entomology and Apiculture, Dr. Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, 173 230, India
Online published on 3 November, 2011.
Five infant milk formulas were analysed for organochlorine pesticide residues. All the nine samples examined were found contaminated with DDT and HCH. In three samples DDT residues were above safe limits. Of the four HCH isomers, beta was the major contaminant and was present above the prescribed MRL in all the samples.
