title: [The levels of stable organic pollutants in the breast milk of women living in the Irkutsk region].
abstract: The concentrations of stable organic chlorine pollutants (SOCP) in the breast milk of women living in Irkutsk, Baikalsk, and the settlement of Kachug are lower than those in the increased SOCP-burdened areas of the Irkutsk Region (the town of Usolye-Sibirskoye, settlements on the shore of the Baikal Lake) and comparable with those in Russia and industrially developed countries of the world. The content of SOPC is much lower than those in the developing countries where this pesticide continues to be applied. The breast milk levels of OCP, TEQ (polychlorinated dibento-para-dioxines and polychlorinated dibenzofurans) in all towns and individual indicator polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in Irkutsk significantly decreased as compared with those in the 1980s. However, in Kachug and Baikalsk, the concentrations of PCB practically unchanged and the level of some congeners increased. The absence of changes in the content of PCB in Kachug and Baikalsk may be associated with no decrease in environmental pollution in the Irkutsk Region. Altered breast concentrations of SOCPs caused a reduction in their intake in babies.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Mamontova
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Tarasova
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Kuz'min
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Maklakhlan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Papke
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Mamontov
mesh_terms: D017606:Chlorine Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D018876:Environmental Illness / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012800:Siberia
chemical_list: D017606:Chlorine Compounds; D004785:Environmental Pollutants