Residues of chlorinated pesticides in mother\u27s milk and child\u27s serum

Abstract

Uzorci mlijeka i seruma 27 hospitaliziranih dojilja iz Bjelovara i Zaboka s okolnim mjestima analizirani su na ostatke kloriranih insekticida aldrina, dieldrina, endrina, heptaklora, heptaklor epoksida, lindana i ostalih stereoizomera heksaklorcikloheksana, pp-\u27DDT-a i metabolita (pp-\u27DDE i pp-\u27DDD) i op-\u27DDT. Posebno je još analizirano 18 seruma majki i isto toliko seruma njihove djece koji su svi iz Zagreba. U uzorcima smo dokazali prisutnost samo Gama-HCH (Lindan). Alfa-HCH, pp-\u27DDE, op-\u27DDT, pp-\u27DDD i pp-\u27DDT. Koncentracije nađenih insekticida mnogo su veće u mlijeku dojilja nego u serumima. U serumima djece bilo je manje samo pp-\u27DDE i pp-\u27DDT nego u serumima njihovih majki. Uzorci seruma dojilja iz Zaboka i okolnih mjesta, hospitaliziranih u Zaboku i serumi dojilja iz Bjelovara hospitaliziranih u Zagrebu (N = 27) sadržavaju više navedenih insekticida nego uzorci seruma dojilja s područja Zagreba (N = 18).Milk samples obtained from 27 hospitalized lactating women and an equal number of sera from the same women were examined for residues of chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides: aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, heptachlorepoxide, lindan and other steroisomers of hexachlorcyclohexane, pp\u27DDT and its metabolites (pp\u27-DDE, pp\u27-DDD) and op\u27-DDT. Additional 18 samples of mother\u27s sera and an equal number of their children\u27s sera were examined separately. The aim was to find out whether there is a correlation between the pesticide residues in mother\u27s serum and mother\u27s milk and in the serum of the mother and her child. The insecticides were determined according to the procedure used by the US Food and Drug Administration (4). Chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides in the serum were examined with the method described by Wyllie and coworkers (5). In all samples only the presence of a-HCH, y-HCH, pp\u27-DDE, op\u27-DDT, pp\u27-DDD and pp\u27-DDT could be demonstrated. The concentration ratio between mother\u27s milk and serum was between 4 and 11. The concentration ratio between mother\u27s and child\u27s serum was below 1 except for pp\u27-DDE and pp\u27-DDT