Organochlorine pesticide and PCB congener content of French human milk

Organochlorine Pesticides, HCB, and PCBs in Human Milk in Poland

“…Mean concentrations of the compounds examined in human breast milk as calculated on the basis of biological monitoring data did not differ from those found in human milk in other European countries (Bordet et al 1993, Koopman-Esseboom et al 1994, Vaz 1995. However, the concentrations were lower than those found in the milk of women from countries where such compounds are still being used, e.g., in India (Tanabe et al 1990).…”

Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Human Breast Milk from Agricultural Regions of Turkey, 1995–1996

“…The heptachlor epoxide level in human body originated as an oxidation product from heptachlor as pesticide used in Turkey until 1985. Heptachlor epoxide levels found are lower than those reported from France, (Bordet et al 1993) higher than those obtained in Spain (Hernandez et al 1993). Table 2 shows the trend for the mean levels of the main residues of OCPs over the 10 years that these surveys have been carried out in different cities of Turkey.…”

“…Breast milk is at the top of the food chain and one of the good markers for the determination of environmental pollution which is created by OCP (Jensen 1983). Since 1950 a large number of studies on the levels of OCPs and their metabolites in human milk in different countries have been published (Weisenberg et al 1985;Dommorco et al 1987;Dewailly et al 1989;Bordet et al 1993;Hernandez et al 1993). In these studies DDT and its metabolites, BHC isomers, HCB, and heptachlor epoxide, are the most commonly reported.…”

Polluants environnementaux dans le lait maternel et cryptorchidie

“…Cependant, ces concepts restent controversés [15] et les preuves dans l'espèce humaine ont été jusqu'à présent essentiellement circonstancielles [16,17], avec cependant de rares études supportant cette hypothèse [13,18]. Les mesures de contaminants dans le lait maternel étant rares en France [19][20][21], nous avons voulu étudier l'exposition de notre population niçoise à des produits ciblés connus pour ce type d'effet, chez l'animal ou in vitro. Nous avons également établi la prévalence de la cryptorchidie dans notre région et évalué son association à une exposition à ces perturbateurs endocriniens [22].…”