Organochlorine pesticide exposure in rural and urban areas in Mexico

The objective of this study was to determine the level of organochlorine pesticides in maternal milk of women living in urban and rural areas in central Mexico. High levels of the DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis ( p -chlorophenyl) ethane) and metabolites, p , p ′-DDT (1.83, 0.66 and 3.13 mg/kg) and p ,...

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Published in:Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 2000-08, Vol.10 (4), p.394-399
Main Authors: ELVIA, LARA F, SIOBAN, HARLOW D, BERNARDO, HERNÁNDEZ P, CONSTANZA, SÁNCHEZ CARRILLO
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
DDE
DDT
DDT - analysis
Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene - analysis
Environmental aspects
Environmental Exposure - analysis
Epidemiology
Ethane
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Insecticides - analysis
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolites
Mexico
Milk, Human - chemistry
Nitrous oxide
Organic compounds
Organochlorine compounds
Organochlorine pesticides
original-article
Pesticides
Rural areas
Urban areas
Urban Population
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Summary:The objective of this study was to determine the level of organochlorine pesticides in maternal milk of women living in urban and rural areas in central Mexico. High levels of the DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis ( p -chlorophenyl) ethane) and metabolites, p , p ′-DDT (1.83, 0.66 and 3.13 mg/kg) and p , p ′-DDE (2.49, 4.28 and 13.32 mg/kg), were encountered for Mexico City, Cuernavaca and rural Morelos, respectively. As was expected, the highest levels of exposure to these pesticides were found in the rural areas of the State of Morelos.
ISSN:1053-4245
1559-0631
1476-5381
1559-064X
DOI:10.1038/sj.jea.7500103