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| | Precautionary Principle and Potential POPs: the Chilean Case |
 | | In the X Region (Los Lagos), pp'-DDE, lindane, dieldrin, DDT and pp'-DDT residuals were found in almost 80% of the samples, indicating that at the time of the study (1989) the ban on the use of DDT was not respected in this region. |
 | | While the presence of organochlorines in the soils of some southern regions of the country was diminishing, as is the case of the Los Lagos Region, where only four residuals were identified, and aldrin, chlordane, endrin, heptachlor and heptachlor-epoxide were not detected, their presence in high concentration persisted in living organisms. |
 | | In this region the daily intake of pesticides surpassed excessively all standards, to the point of being described by specialists of the health sector as "frankly worrying", specially for the possible toxic effects on the breastfed population. |
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