title: Organochlorine pesticide contaminations in human milk samples from women living in Amman, Jordan.
abstract: Concentration of 15 organochlorine pesticides were determined by capillary gas chromatography in 59 human milk samples collected from the general population during 1989/1990 in the Jordanian capital of Amman. In addition to hexachlorbenzene (HCB), three groups of organochlorine compounds namely, DDT and its metabolites, hexachlorcyclohexane (HCH-isomers) and the cyclopentadiene group (aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, and heptachlor epoxide) were analyzed. The results show that almost all samples contained HCB, beta-HCH, p,p'-DDE and p,p'-DDT, whereas p,p'-DDD, heptachlor, alpha-HCH, gamma-HCH and o,p'DDT were found in 42, 40, 33, 22 and 20 analyzed samples, respectively. The concentration of HCB, beta-HCH, p,p'-DDE, p,p'-DDT and heptachlor expressed on a milk-fat basis (median in mg/kg milk fat): 0.29, 0.4, 2.04, and 0.7 respectively. For the comparative purposes and in order to try to find the possible sources of mother-milk contaminations, different types of locally produced and imported cow milk samples were also analyzed for the same organochlorine compounds. Almost all types of tested milk were contaminated with p,p'-DDE.
authors.affiliation: University of Jordan, Amman.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alawi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ammari
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: al-Shuraiki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis*; D007597:Jordan; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides