Research Article
Estimation and Human Health Risk Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticides in Raw Milk Marketed in Zagazig City, Egypt
Table 3
Cancer hazard ratio among Egyptian population due to ingestion of OCPs-contaminated milk from different animal species.
| | CSF | Cow milk | Buffalo milk | Goat milk | | | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children |
| pp-DDT | 0.34 | 0.22 | 0.88 | 0.54 | 2.17 | 0.86 | 3.46 |
| pp-DDD | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.85 | 0.29 | 1.17 | 0.77 | 3.07 |
| pp-DDE | 0.34 | 0.17 | 0.68 | 0.36 | 1.42 | 0.43 | 1.73 |
| Heptachlor | 4.5 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
| Heptachlor-epoxide | 4.5 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
| -HCH | 1.1 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.22 | 0.28 | 1.12 |
| -HCH | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.41 | 0.29 | 1.15 | 0.67 | 2.68 |
| Aldrin | 17 | 0.002 | 0.009 | 0.004 | 0.015 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Endrin | 17 | 0.0004 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.006 | 0.003 | 0.01 |
| Chlordane | 0.35 | 0.14 | 0.54 | 0.115 | 0.46 | 0.12 | 0.47 |
| HCB | 1.6 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.09 |
| Methoxychlor | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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CSF: cancer slope factor. NA: not available as there is no CSF value for methoxychlor. Values in bold represent higher hazard ratio (>1.0).
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