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KEYWORDS
pooled sample of breast milk from 27 first-time mothers (primiparous) living in twelve locations at
Human milk
mesoregion industrial area, southern of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between August 2012 and July
Body burden
2014. Questionnaires with questions regarding to food habits, social and economic conditions,
Polychlorinated
dibenzo-p-dioxins and
places of dwelling were applied. Mothers were breast-feeding only one infant and milk was
dibenzofurans
collected between 4 and 6 weeks after delivery. TEQs of PCDDs/Fs, and dl-PCBs were 10.6, 4.77,
Dioxin-like
6.96 TEQ pg/g, respectively. The understanding and identification of pollution sources may be
polychlorinated
helpful for taking better counter measures against breast milk dioxin contamination. Its important
biphenyls
Risk assessment
Public health
for pregnant women to have a diet free as possible of contaminants chemical. Further research
must be undertaken in the context of epidemiological investigations to more accurately assess the
effects of these compounds.
INTRODUCTION
Contaminations by polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins
content
of
the
milk
and
influenced
by
the
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countries.
presence
soluble,
therefore
poorly
eliminated
and
are
and
herbicides
(such
as
the
wood
274
and
levels
of
some
classes
of
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chromatograph.
Analysis
13
were
purchased
from
Wellington
Laboratories
(Ontario, Canada).
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detector [19].
Quantification
organochlorine
standard
mixture
with
known
Table 1. Detection limits of PCDDs, PCDFs, and dioxin-like PCBs in human breast milk
PeCDD/DF
PCDDs, PCDFs
OCDD/DF
Dioxin-like PCBs
0.1 pg/g
0.03 pg/g
HxCDD/DF
HpCDD/DF
0.01 pg/g
0.05 pg/g
The
aromatic
concept,
complex
nature
of
fundamental
Halogenated
understanding
of
the
100.
(OriginLab).
RESULTS
(%), 88.9% ate meat 1-2 times a week (24), 7.4% ate
(TEF) [21].
3-5 times a week (2), and 3.7% never ate (1). In fish
TEQ = [Ci] TEFi (equation 1)
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consumption
collection.
in
(14.82%),
(18.52%) 1-2
pg/g fat.
Table 2. PCDD/Fs concentrations (pg/g fat) and total TEQs (TEQ pg/g fat) in a pooled breast milk samples from industrial polo, RJ, Brazil
Congener
pg/g fat
Dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD)
2378-TCDD
1.27
12378-PeCDD
6.19
123478-HxCDD
0.54
123678-HxCDD
22.47
123789-HxCDD
7.22
1234678-HpCDD
8.6
OCDD
77.27
10.6
Dibenzofurans (PCDF)
2378-TCDF
1.18
12378-PeCDF
0.49
23478-PeCDF
12.48
123478-HxCDF
3.31
123678-HxCDF
3.22
1234789-HxCDF
0.18
234678-HxCDF
2.02
1234678-HpCDF
1.99
1234789-HpCDF
OCDF
0.73
4.77
15.37
77
5
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Table 3. Dl-PCBs concentrations (pg/g fat) and total TEQs (TEQ pg/g fat) in a pooled breast milk samples from industrial polo, RJ, Brazil
Congener
pg/g fat
Non-ortho PCBs
3,3',4,4'-TCB (77)
36.5
3,4,4',5-TCB (81)
24.74
3,3',4,4',5-PeCB (126)
60.7
3,3',4,4',5,5'-HxCB (169)
38
Mono-ortho PCBs
2',3,4,4',5-PeCB (123)
34.29
2,3',4,4',5-PeCB (118)
9067
2,3,3',4,4'-PeCB (105)
1842
2,3,4,4',5-PeCB (114)
891
2,3',4,4',5,5'-HxCB (167)
1034
2,3,3',4,4',5-HxCB (156)
2897
2,3,3',4,4',5'-HxCB (157)
879
2,3,3',4,4',5,5'-HeCB (189)
249
6.96
22.33
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Serbo
and
Jimma
in
South-Western
Ethiopia.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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M.,
2005.
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