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Vol.4, No.4, 185-189 (2012) Health /10.4236/health.2012.44027 Detection of health hazard insecticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in some common marine dry fish samples from Bangladesh Mohammad Abdul Momin Siddique1,2*, Mahbuba Aktar2 1 Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway; * Corresponding Author: tigermomin@ 2Institute of Marine Science and Fisheries, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh Received 26 November 2011; revised 19 December 2011; accepted 29 December 2011 ABSTRACT 15% of fishes are cured for mass people consumption at the scarcity of fresh fishes in Bangladesh [1]. It is also a Objectives: The general purpose of this study is very favourite food item among Bangladeshi people and to detection and determination of the concen- has a very good market demand besides fish and seafood tration level of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane products. Dry fish consumption frequency is very satis- (DDT) in some commercially available marine factory in the Southeast Asian countries where people in dry fishes and to investigate the contamination Bangladesh consume dry fish at least once a week in their status of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) daily meal [2]. The common dry fishes in Bangladesh in- of these dry fishes. Methods: Samples were co- clude Ribbonfish, Bombay duck, Sin croaker, Shrimp etc. llected from six largest dry fish markets (three Sundry is a common practice by the dry fish producing from Chittagong di