title: Polychlorinated dioxins, furans, and biphenyls in blood of children and adults living in a dioxin-contaminated area in Tokyo.
abstract: The soil of a residential area in Tokyo was found to contain dioxins, namely polychlorinated dioxins, furans, and dioxin-like biphenyls, the levels of which exceeded the environmental guideline [1,000 pg toxic equivalent (TEQ)/g] by up to 6.8 times. To assess the exposure levels of people living in this area and to study the possible relationship of blood dioxin concentrations of children with breast milk and/or formula feeding, a health survey was carried out in 2006, involving a total of 138 people, including 66 children aged 3-15 years, and blood dioxin concentrations and the characteristics and lifestyles of these people were analyzed. Mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM) of blood dioxin concentrations (pg/g-lipid) of group 1 (3-6 years old), group 2 (7-15 years old), and group 3 (≥16 years old) were 13 ± 1.9, 6.6 ± 0.65, and 10 ± 0.54, respectively. The congener/isomer profile of dioxins in blood samples differed markedly from that of the contaminated soil samples. According to the feeding mode of children, blood dioxin concentrations (pg/g-lipid) were 17 ± 2.9 for breast milk only, 7.4 ± 0.82 for both breast milk and formula, and 4.7 ± 1.1 for formula only, with a significant difference from one another. We conclude that people living in the dioxin-contaminated area are less likely to be exposed to excessive amounts of dioxins, and that blood dioxin concentrations of children aged 3-15 years seem to be strongly affected by breast feeding duration.
authors: Laboratory of Environmental Health Sciences, Center for Disease Biology and Integrated Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan. mtohyama@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors: Chiharu
authors: C
authors: Tohyama
authors: Iwao
authors: I
authors: Uchiyama
authors: Shuji
authors: S
authors: Hoshi
authors: Masaki
authors: M
authors: Hijiya
authors: Hideaki
authors: H
authors: Miyata
authors: Masaki
authors: M
authors: Nagai
authors: Satoshi
authors: S
authors: Nakai
authors: Mariko
authors: M
authors: Yauchi
authors: Satsuki
authors: S
authors: Ohkubo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D014041:Tokyo; D014504:Urban Health
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls