Levels and profiles of PCDDs, PCDFs and cPCBs in Belgian breast milk. Estimation of infant intake

[en] Congener-specific analyses of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and non-ortho (coplanar) polychlorinated biphenyls (cPCBs) were performed on 20 non-pooled breast milk samples collected in or close to an industrial area of Wallonia (Belgium). PCDD/F concentrations ranged between 16.0 and 52.1 pg TEQ/g fat, with a mean value of 29.4 pg TEQ/g fat. If coplanar PCBs (77, 126, 169) are included in TEQ calculations, levels ranged between 22.2 and 100.2 pg TEQ/g fat, with a mean value of 40.8 pg TEQ/g fat. It appears that 2,3,7,8-TCDD, 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD, 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF and PCB-126 account for more than 90% of the TEQ. Estimated PCDD/F dietary intake is 76 pg TEQ/kg body weight (bw)/day. This value is almost 20 times higher than the World Health Organization tolerable daily intake. A value of 103 pg TEQ/kg bw/day represents the intake of PCDDs, PCDFs and cPCBs (no mono-ortho PCBs included). (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.

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Food science
Environmental sciences & ecology

Author, co-author :

Focant, Jean-François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > Chimie analytique

Pirard, Catherine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Chimie > Chimie analytique

Thielen, Caroline ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques

De Pauw, Edwin ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > GIGA-R : Laboratoire de spectrométrie de masse (L.S.M.)

Language :

English

Title :

Levels and profiles of PCDDs, PCDFs and cPCBs in Belgian breast milk. Estimation of infant intake

Publication date :

September 2002

Journal title :

Chemosphere

ISSN :

0045-6535

eISSN :

1879-1298

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Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, United Kingdom

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Pages :

763-770

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