Breastfeeding, exposure to organochlorine compounds, and neurodevelopment in infants

8 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables.-- PMID: 12728113 [PubMed].Objective. Exposure to organochlorine compounds (OCs) occurs both in utero and through breastfeeding. Levels of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) found in the cord serum of newborns from a population located in the vicinity of an electrochemical factory in Spain were among the highest ever reported. We studied the association between exposure to OCs and breastfeeding on neurodevelopment in the 1-year-old infants of this population.This study was funded by grants from the Spanish Ministry of Health (FIS-97/1102), “Fundacio´ La Caixa” (97/009-00 and 00/ 077-00), and the Generalitat de Catalunya-CIRIT 1999SGR 00241.Peer reviewe