June 2014

Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) residue levels in marketed Silver Fish (Rastreneobola argentea) caught from major water bodies in Uganda

Silver fish (Rastreneobola argentea) samples from Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga were analyzed for dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) and metabolites using a Gas Chromatograph equipped with an Electron Capture Detector. Confirmation of results was by Gas Chromatography equipped with Mass Spectrophotometer (GC-MS). DDT and metabolites were detected in 90% of the total samples (63 out of 70). pp’ DDT was the most...

Author(s): Proscovia Nnamuyomba, Jolocam Mbabazi and Muhammad Ntale