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1. Residue loads in amphibians used as biomarkers of pesticide levels entering food chains in sub‐Saharan Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: MichaelR.K. Lambert --- University of Greenwich, United Kingdom

   Residues accumulate rapidly in amphibians to reach lethal levels. During previous years in Zimbabwe, total DDT residues from general agricultural contamination were at 3.90 ppm wet weight in Bufo gutturalis and 1.50 ppm in Ptychadena anchietae. Dieldrin residues in the...

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   Dissipation of environmental DDT and its metabolites in selected rivers of south-western Kenya

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: JK Nyaundi --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya SK Omasaki --- Kisii University, Kenya JM Babu --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya NM Mwirigi --- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya R Omondi --- Kisii University, Kenya GA Mwayulj --- Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kenya S Bassa --- National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI), Uganda

   Rivers are the main source of domestic and industrial water supplies in Kenya. In this study, water sampling was done at eight upstream sites in the Kuja River catchment, Kenya, between October 2016 and April 2017, specifically to test for...

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