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Country-specific chemical signatures of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in breast milk of French, Danish and Finnish women by J.P. Antignac; K.M. Main; H.E. Virtanen; C.Y. Boquien; P. Marchand; A. Venisseau; I. Guiffard; E. Bichon; C. Wohlfahrt-Veje; A. Legrand; C. Boscher; Niels E. Skakkebæk; J. Toppari; B. Le Bizec is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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The present study compares concentrations and chemical profiles of an extended range of persistent organic pollutants (dioxins, polychlorobiphenyls, brominated flame retardants and organochlorine pesticides) in breast milk samples from French (n = 96), Danish (n = 438) and Finnish (n = 22) women. Median exposure levels observed in French women (WHO-TEQ PCDD/F = 6.1 pg/g l.w., WHO-TEQ dl-PCB = 4.3 pg/g l.w., sum of 6 ndl-PCB = 85.2 ng/g l.w., sum of 7 i-PBDE = 1.5 ng/g l.w.) appeared overall lower than in Danish and Finnish women for all examined POPs, except for α-HBCD (2-fold higher level at 0.6 ng/g l.w.). Furthermore, the observed exposure levels of dioxins and PCBs were higher in Danish women (WHO-TEQ PCDD/F = 13.2 pg/g l.w., WHO-TEQ dl-PCB = 6.6 pg/g l.w., sum of 6 ndl-PCB = 162.8 ng/g l.w.) compared to Finnish women (WHO-TEQ PCDD/F = 9.0 pg/g l.w., WHO-TEQ dl-PCB = 4.6 pg/g l.w., sum of 6 ndl-PCB = 104.0 ng/g l.w.), whereas the concentrations of PBDEs were similar for Danish and Finnish women (sum of 7 i-PBDE = 4.9 and 5.2 ng/g l.w. respectively). The organochlorine (OC) pesticide contamination profile, determined in a subset of French samples, was dominated by p,p'-DDE (56.6
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- Author
- J.P. Antignac; K.M. Main; H.E. Virtanen; C.Y. Boquien; P. Marchand; A. Venisseau; I. Guiffard; E. Bichon; C. Wohlfahrt-Veje; A. Legrand; C. Boscher; Niels E. Skakkebæk; J. Toppari; B. Le Bizec
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)