Triclosan, a commonly used bactericide found in human milk and in the aquatic environment in Sweden.
High levels of the commonly used, effective bactericide Triclosan was found in three out of five randomly selected human milk samples. It was also found in the bile of fish exposed to municipal wastewater and in wild living fish from the receiving waters of the three wastewater treatment plants.
Adolfsson-Erici
Margaretha
M
Institute of Applied Environmental Research, Stockholm University, Sweden. margaretha.adolfsson-erici@itm.su.se
Pettersson
Maria
M
Parkkonen
Jari
J
Sturve
Joachim
J
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D017686:Oncorhynchus mykiss; D014260:Triclosan / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014260:Triclosan