title: Dioxins levels in breast milk of women living in Caserta and Naples: assessment of environmental risk factors.
abstract: Naples and Caserta provinces are extensively affected by the illegal dumping of hazardous and urban wastes, which were periodically set to fire. Several studies were made on the possible health impact of this illegal waste management. The aim of the study was to detect dioxins levels in breast milk of volunteer primiparae and to assess the possible source of dioxins in the affected areas. The authors determined dioxins levels in breast milk from 100 primiparae from the study area and collected anamnestic information on donors. We determined dioxins levels in breast milk from 100 primiparae from the study area and collected anamnestic information on donors. As a measure of environmental risk of dioxins (EDR) we used the interpolated values of dioxins concentration in buffalo milk samples collected in the study area. Correlations between the EDR, age of the mother, smoking habit, cheese consumption, occupation in activity at risk, presence of plants for the disposal of toxic waste or illegal burning of solid waste near the residence of the donor and dioxin level in breast milk were investigated. The dioxin level in breast milk is significantly correlated to the EDR, the age of the sampled women and the presence of illegal burning of solid waste.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale "G. Caporale", via Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy. Electronic address: a.giovannini@izs.it.
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giovannini
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rivezzi
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carideo
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ceci
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Diletti
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ippoliti
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Migliorati
authors.forename: Prisco
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Piscitelli
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ripani
authors.forename: Romolo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salini
authors.forename: Giampiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scortichini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes; D004147:Dioxins / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D018811:Maternal Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D004147:Dioxins; D004785:Environmental Pollutants
keywords: Breast milk; Campania region; Dioxin; Italy; Ordinary Kriging