scholarly journals Persistent Organic Pollutants in Human Milk from Central Italy: Levels and Time Trends

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiana Guerranti ◽  
Michela Palmieri ◽  
Michela Mariottini ◽  
Silvano Ettore Focardi

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as HCB, p,p′-DDE, and PCBs were measured in Italian breast milk. This work is part of a study on human milk, adipose tissues, and food carried out in the same area over the last 20 years. The results showed the prevalence of p,p′-DDE and PCBs over HCB. Comparison of our results with those of previous studies carried out in the same area showed that concentrations are decreasing. No statistically significant differences in organochlorine levels were found when the samples were divided into maternal age classes and into the categories “primiparae” and “multiparae”. In order to quantify the amount of the molecules of interest transmitted by mother to child during breast feeding, we estimated the daily intake of each class of compounds: our results indicated that HCB and p,p′-DDE were several times lower than the safety thresholds.

2021 ◽  
Vol 775 ◽  
pp. 145109
Author(s):  
Fiona Wong ◽  
Hayley Hung ◽  
Helena Dryfhout-Clark ◽  
Wenche Aas ◽  
Pernilla Bohlin-Nizzetto ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 188 ◽  
pp. 109763
Author(s):  
Milena Černá ◽  
Anna Pinkr Grafnetterová ◽  
Darina Dvořáková ◽  
Jana Pulkrabová ◽  
Marek Malý ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 196 ◽  
pp. S51
Author(s):  
R.L. González-Navarrete ◽  
J.A. Alvarado-Mejía ◽  
N.E. Pérez-Herrera ◽  
G. Gold-Bouchot ◽  
J.P. Rodas-Ortiz ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoping Wang ◽  
Jiao Ren ◽  
Ping Gong ◽  
Chuanfei Wang ◽  
Yonggang Xue ◽  
...  

Abstract. The Tibetan Plateau (TP) has been contaminated by persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including legacy organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) through atmospheric transport. The exact source regions, transport pathways and time trends of POPs to the TP are not well understood. Here XAD-based passive air samplers (PAS) were deployed at 16 Tibetan background sites from 2007 to 2012 to gain further insight into spatial patterns and temporal trends of OCPs and PCBs. The southeastern TP was characterized by dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) -related chemicals delivered by Indian Monsoon air masses. The northern and northwestern TP displayed the greatest absolute concentration and relative abundance of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in the atmosphere, caused by the westerly-driven European air masses. The interactions between the DDT polluted Indian monsoon air and the clean westerly winds formed a transition zone in central Tibet where both DDT and HCB were the dominant chemicals. Based on 5-year of continuous sampling, our data indicated declining concentrations of HCB and hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) across the Tibetan region. Inter-annual trends of DDT class chemicals, however, showed less variation during this 5-year sampling period, which may be due to the on-going usage of DDT in India. This paper demonstrates the possibility of using POPs fingerprints to investigate the climate interactions and the validity of using PAS to derive inter-annual atmospheric POPs time trends.


2003 ◽  
Vol 37 (19) ◽  
pp. 4319-4324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carola Malmquist ◽  
Richard Bindler ◽  
Ingemar Renberg ◽  
Bert van Bavel ◽  
Edvard Karlsson ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 211 ◽  
pp. S53
Author(s):  
Lucija Perharic ◽  
Irena Jeraj ◽  
Pia Vracko ◽  
Natasa Kovac ◽  
Alenka Kraigher

Author(s):  
Alexey Dudarev ◽  
Sveta Yamin-Pasternak ◽  
Igor Pasternak ◽  
Valery Chupakhin

The article is the first in the series of four that present the results of a study on environmental contaminants in coastal Chukotka, conducted in the context of a multi-disciplinary investigation of indigenous foodways in the region of the Bering Strait. We provide an overview of the contemporary foodways in our study region and present the results of the survey on the consumption of locally harvested foods, carried out in 2016 in the Chukotkan communities of Enmelen, Nunligran, and Sireniki. The present results are evaluated in comparison to those of the analyses carried out in 2001–2002 in the village of Uelen, located further north. Where appropriate, we also draw comparative insight from the Alaskan side of the Bering Strait. The article sets the stage for the analyses of legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and metals to which the residents become exposed through diet and other practices embedded in the local foodways, and for the discussion of the Recommended Food Daily Intake Limits (RFDILs) of the food that has been sampled and analyzed in the current study.


Chemosphere ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 634-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Hong Leng ◽  
Fujio Kayama ◽  
Pei-Yu Wang ◽  
Masafumi Nakamura ◽  
Toshiyoshi Nakata ◽  
...  

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