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The article discusses the study regarding the identification of the levels of organochlorine pesticide residues in mother's milk, in Uganda. The study is intended to identify and quantify the levels of organochlorine residues, and assess the toxicological implications to health of the breast-fed infants. According to sources, investigations on the levels of such residues in human milk can determine the potential risk of these contaminants to the health of breast-fed infants who could be regarded as the terminal link in the human food chain. Thus, it has been suggested that periodic biomonitoring of organochlorine residues is important to assess the trends of environmental contamination by these chemicals in Uganda.

The article discusses a study which describes and measures the amount of organochlorine residues on the cow's milk and evaluate the degree of environmental pollution which was contributed by these pesticides to mankind. Forty farm in Kampala and Iganga, Uganda are chosen due to its abundancy in terms of cow rearing. One hundred forty-one samples are collected in which 69 of the samples are coming from Kampala district and 72 from the rural areas of Iganga. The researchers provided a questionnaire to the people in the two districts to acquire information on the rearing methods, breeding and the pesticides used in plants by the people living in the area. The samples are examined by using various devices. The result of the study on the levels of organochlorine pollutions is offered.