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to be slow, leading to storage in body fat. Storable lipophilic compounds are
likely to be excreted in maternal milk.
Figure 5.7
Diagram of the neuralmuscular system showing its parts and
chemical transmission of nerve impulse
The chief toxic action of the organochlorine pesticides is on the nervous
system, where these compounds interfere with fluxes of cations across nerve
cell membranes, increasing neuronal irritability. This effect is manifest
mainly as convulsions, sometimes limited to myoclonic jerking, but often
