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

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

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*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]

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1989
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