Organochlorine Pesticide Level Differences Among Female Inhabitants from Veracruz, Puebla and Tabasco, Mexico

Organochlorine pesticides have been used in Mexico in malaria control programs and against ectoparasites. The objective of this study was to compare the levels of organochlorine pesticides: HCB, α-β-γ-HCH, pp′-DDE, op′-DDT and pp′-DDT in adipose tissue of female inhabitants from three Mexican states...

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Published in:Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2014-08, Vol.93 (2), p.233-237
Main Authors: Waliszewski, Stefan M, Caba, M, Saldarriaga-Noreña, H, Martínez, A. J, Meza, E, Valencia Quintana, R, Zepeda, R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adipocytes
Adipose tissue
Adipose Tissue - chemistry
Adipose Tissue - metabolism
Adult
Aquatic Pollution
Bioaccumulation
Biological and medical sciences
DDE
DDT - analysis
DDT - metabolism
Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene - analysis
Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene - metabolism
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Ectoparasites
Environment
Environment. Living conditions
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Exposure - analysis
Environmental Health
exposure duration
Female
hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorocyclohexane
Humans
Lindane - analysis
Lindane - metabolism
Malaria
Malaria - prevention & control
Medical sciences
Mexico
Middle Aged
Nitrous oxide
Organic compounds
Organochlorine pesticides
Pesticide Residues - analysis
Pesticide Residues - metabolism
Pesticides
Pesticides - analysis
Pesticides - metabolism
Pollution
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Soil Science & Conservation
Vector-borne diseases
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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Summary:Organochlorine pesticides have been used in Mexico in malaria control programs and against ectoparasites. The objective of this study was to compare the levels of organochlorine pesticides: HCB, α-β-γ-HCH, pp′-DDE, op′-DDT and pp′-DDT in adipose tissue of female inhabitants from three Mexican states: Veracruz, Puebla and Tabasco. Data analyses indicated higher β-HCH levels in Puebla inhabitants. When comparing the mean values of the pp′-DDE concentrations among the three states, no statistically significant differences were noted. A trend of increasing concentrations of op′-DDT from Veracruz to Puebla and Tabasco was observed. Significantly higher pp′-DDT concentrations in Veracruz as compared to Puebla and Tabasco were determined. Using factorial analysis of three age categories (>30, 31–50,
ISSN:0007-4861
1432-0800
DOI:10.1007/s00128-014-1309-3