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2. Determinants of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs), and Dichlorodiphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT) Levels in the Sera of Young Children.

Author

Jacobson, Joseph L., Humphrey, Harold E. B., Jacobson, Sandra W., Schantz, Susan L., Mullin, Michael D., and Welch, Robert

Subjects
*SERUM, *BLOOD plasma, *POLYCHLORINATED biphenyls, *BIPHENYL compounds, *ORGANOCHLORINE compounds, *BREAST milk, *MILK
Abstract

Abstract: Serum samples from 285 4-year-old Michigan children were evaluated for levels of 11 environmental contaminants. Polychlorinated biohenyls (PCBs) were found in half the samples tested; polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) in 13-21 percent; dicholorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT), in more than 70 percent. Nursing (Mothers' milk) was the principal source of these exposures. Congener specific analysis documented the presence of at least one highly toxic PCB congener, 2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl. The data demonstrate the multigenerational impact of female exposure to persistent organic environmental contaminants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1989
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3. The Transfer of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs) Across the Human Placenta and into Maternal Milk.

Author

Jacobson, Joseph L., Fein, Greta G., Jacobson, Sandra W., Schwartz, Pamela M., and Dowler, Jeffrey K.

Subjects
*POLYCHLORINATED biphenyls, *POLYBROMINATED biphenyls, *BREAST milk, *PLACENTA, *CORD blood
Abstract

Cord serum and maternal milk levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) were examined in relation to maternal serum levels. Maternal serum levels were significantly higher than cord serum levels for both types of compounds. Placental passage was indicated by significant material to cord serum correlations for both PCBs (r = .42) and PBBs (r = .81). Correlations between material serum and milk levels were similar. Higher PBB correlations were probably due to greater reliability in the measurement of PBB levels in serum and milk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1984
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