¹Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute, P.O.Box 1881 Kisumu, Kenya
²Department of Food of Animal Origin (VVDO) Utrecht University, the Netherlands
³Institute of Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, the Netherlands

*Corresponding author: kwerimo@yahoo.com

Abstract

   Water, fish and sediments were sampled from May 2000 to December 2006 at 19 different locations in Lake Victoria-Kenyan part. They were analyzed for organochlorines (HCB, Lindane, DDT and Endosulfan) and organophosphate (diazinon). All organochlorines in water, fish and sediments were below detection limit of 0.5µg l^-1, 1.0µg kg^-1 body weight and 1.0µg kg^-1 dry weight, respectively. Comparison of the results of these samples in Lake Victoria with those analyzed during 1993 suggests that the concentrations of these compounds have not increased in the lake.
Therefore it was concluded that there were no environmental or human health hazards posed by these compounds in the water and sediments.