Levels of beta-HCH, HCB, p,p'-DDE, p,p'-DDT and PCBs in human milk from a continental town in Croatia, Yugoslavia.
Concentrations of beta-HCH, HCB, p,p'-DDE, p,p'-DDT and PCBs were determined by gas chromatography in 50 human milk samples collected from the general population during 1981/1982 in a continental town in Croatia (Yugoslavia). The samples were collected between one and 22 weeks after delivery from mothers breast-feeding one child only. The mothers' age was 18 to 31 years, and they were nursing their first or second child. All 50 samples contained beta-HCH, HCB, p,p'-DDE and PCBs, whereas p,p'-DDT was present in 37 samples. The concentrations of beta-HCH, HCB, p,p'-DDE, p,p'-DDT and PCBs expressed on a whole milk basis were (median in microgram/kg): 11, 7.1, 67, 7.3 and 22 respectively, and expressed on a fat basis (median in mg/kg): 0.28, 0.21, 1.9, 0.18 and 0.62 respectively. The fat content was 3.7% (median). PCBs were present in a mixture containing penta-, hexa- and heptachlorobiphenyls.
D000328:Adult; D003634:DDT / Q000032:analysis; D003633:Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene / Q000032:analysis; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000032:analysis*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis*; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000032:analysis*; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis*; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis; D015022:Yugoslavia
D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides; D008055:Lipids; D010573:Pesticide Residues; D003633:Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane; D003634:DDT; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls