Toxaphene and other chlorinated compounds in human milk from northern and southern Canada: A comparison

Human milk from residents ofnorthern Canada (Keewatin) was compared to that in national surveys of southern Canada with respect to residues of toxaphene, PCBs, PCDD/PCDFs, chlordane, and several other persistant organic compounds. Concentrations of toxaphene were approximately ten-fold higher in spe...

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Published in:Chemosphere (Oxford) 1999-08, Vol.39 (3), p.519-526
Main Authors: Newsome, W.H., Ryan, J.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air
Biological and medical sciences
breast milk
Canada
chlordane
contamination
DDT (pesticide)
Environmental pollutants toxicology
Female
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
geographical variation
Hexachlorobenzene
Humans
insecticide residues
Insecticides - analysis
Medical sciences
Milk, Human - chemistry
organochlorine compounds
organochlorine insecticides
oxychlordane
polychlorinated biphenyls
polychlorinated dibenzodioxins
polychlorinated dibenzofurans
residues
t-Nonachlor
toxaphene
Toxaphene - analysis
Toxicology
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Summary:Human milk from residents ofnorthern Canada (Keewatin) was compared to that in national surveys of southern Canada with respect to residues of toxaphene, PCBs, PCDD/PCDFs, chlordane, and several other persistant organic compounds. Concentrations of toxaphene were approximately ten-fold higher in specimens from Keewatin than from the south. Toxaphene concentrations in samples from the Great Lakes Basin collected in 1992 were not significantly (p
ISSN:0045-6535
1879-1298
DOI:10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00600-6