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Article: Reduction in organochlorine levels in the milk of New Zealand women.
- Article from:
- Archives of Environmental Health
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
- Author:
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PERSISTENT ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS, including polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDDs/PCDFs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and pesticides, such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and dieldrin, have been linked to a variety of health problems, including reproductive, developmental, and immune disorders, and some cancers. There is an international effort to reduce exposures; the compounds concentrate in adipose tissue and in the fat fractions of serum and milk. Human milk samples are used often to measure organochlorine body burden, as milk contains a high fat content relative to serum and samples can be obtained noninvasively. A substantial ...