title: [Exposure of our children to pesticides, PCB and potentially critical anions].
abstract: Among environmental pollutants the organohalogens still play an important role since they accumulate in human fat tissue and are secreted with mother's milk during lactation. Fortunately DDT-, HCH- and HCB-levels decreased in breast milk during the last years. In contrast, the PCB concentrations were still three-to five-fold above the permitted limits for cow's milk. Fat tissue of 262 newborns, infants and children was already as severely loaded with organohalogens as human milk. However, children with malignant tumors or congenital malformations did not show elevated concentrations in fat tissue. The significance of the potentially critical anions such as nitrate, nitrite, bromide, sulfate for the health of our children needs further clarification.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Kinderklinik Mannheim.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teufel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Böhn
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Niessen
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D001822:Body Burden; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000378:metabolism; D010575:Pesticides / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D010575:Pesticides; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls
vernacular_title: Belastung unserer Kinder mit Pestiziden, PCB und potentiell kritischen Anionen.