Biomaterial Database

PCB and organochlorine pesticides in Canadian human milk--1992. 1995

W H Newsome, and D Davies, and J Doucet

Food Research Division, Bureau of Chemical Safety Food Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa.

Human milk (497 samples) representing donors from across Canada were analyzed for 24 organochlorine pesticides and industrial chemicals and 40 PCB congeners. PCBs, p,p'-DDE, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), and trans nonachlor were present in all samples. Compared to earlier surveys in Canada, concentrations of most residues determined declined, and were lower than those reported recently in European countries. Although regional differences were minor, residues of PCBs, p,p'-DDE, and trans nonachlor were higher in the Ontario, Quebec, and Eastern regions, and all residues were slightly higher in the Great Lakes Basin compared to the rest of Canada. Concentrations of PCBs, DDTs, HCB, and trans nonachlor were higher in participants who consumed greater than 100 g of fish weekly.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007306	Insecticides	Pesticides designed to control insects that are harmful to man. The insects may be directly harmful, as those acting as disease vectors, or indirectly harmful, as destroyers of crops, food products, or textile fabrics.	Insecticide
D008895	Milk, Human	Milk that is produced by HUMAN MAMMARY GLANDS.	Breast Milk,Human Milk,Milk, Breast
D010573	Pesticide Residues	Pesticides or their breakdown products remaining in the environment following their normal use or accidental contamination.	Pesticide Residue,Residue, Pesticide,Residues, Pesticide
D011078	Polychlorinated Biphenyls	Industrial products consisting of a mixture of chlorinated biphenyl congeners and isomers. These compounds are highly lipophilic and tend to accumulate in fat stores of animals. Many of these compounds are considered toxic and potential environmental pollutants.	PCBs,Polychlorinated Biphenyl,Polychlorobiphenyl Compounds,Biphenyl, Polychlorinated,Biphenyls, Polychlorinated,Compounds, Polychlorobiphenyl
D011786	Quality Control	A system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in a product or process by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Control, Quality,Controls, Quality,Quality Controls
D012015	Reference Standards	A basis of value established for the measure of quantity, weight, extent or quality, e.g. weight standards, standard solutions, methods, techniques, and procedures used in diagnosis and therapy.	Standard Preparations,Standards, Reference,Preparations, Standard,Standardization,Standards,Preparation, Standard,Reference Standard,Standard Preparation,Standard, Reference
D002170	Canada	The largest country in North America, comprising 10 provinces and three territories. Its capital is Ottawa.
D002849	Chromatography, Gas	Fractionation of a vaporized sample as a consequence of partition between a mobile gaseous phase and a stationary phase held in a column. Two types are gas-solid chromatography, where the fixed phase is a solid, and gas-liquid, in which the stationary phase is a nonvolatile liquid supported on an inert solid matrix.	Chromatography, Gas-Liquid,Gas Chromatography,Chromatographies, Gas,Chromatographies, Gas-Liquid,Chromatography, Gas Liquid,Gas Chromatographies,Gas-Liquid Chromatographies,Gas-Liquid Chromatography
D002850	Chromatography, Gel	Chromatography on non-ionic gels without regard to the mechanism of solute discrimination.	Chromatography, Exclusion,Chromatography, Gel Permeation,Chromatography, Molecular Sieve,Gel Filtration,Gel Filtration Chromatography,Chromatography, Size Exclusion,Exclusion Chromatography,Gel Chromatography,Gel Permeation Chromatography,Molecular Sieve Chromatography,Chromatography, Gel Filtration,Exclusion Chromatography, Size,Filtration Chromatography, Gel,Filtration, Gel,Sieve Chromatography, Molecular,Size Exclusion Chromatography
D003633	Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene	An organochlorine pesticide, it is the ethylene metabolite of DDT.	DDE,DDX,1,1-Dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene,DDMU,p,p'-DDE,p,p-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene,Dichloroethylene, Dichlorodiphenyl

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