Environmental risks of insecticides cholinesterase inhibitors.

This study conducted on 423 inhabitant (372 adults and 51 children) blood samples were collected from patients hosted in the Emergency Hospital of Mansoura University. The clinical diagnosis of such patients was acute insecticides poisoning. The aim of the present study is to study patients with cholinesterase (ChE) inhibitor organophosphorus insecticides intoxication from the laboratory point of view.

Correlation between lead levels in drinking water and mothers' breast milk: Dakahlia, Egypt.

This study was performed on fifty-two drinking tap water samples (surface and groundwater) collected from different districts of Dakahlia Governorate and fifty-two breast milk samples from lactating mothers hosted in Dakahlia Governorate hospitals. All these samples were subjected to lead analysis. Lead level in drinking groundwater showed higher levels than in drinking surface water.