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- Title
Assessment of the Levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants and 1-Hydroxypyrene in Blood and Urine Samples from Mexican Children Living in an Endemic Malaria Area in Mexico.
- Authors
Trejo-Acevedo, Antonio; Rivero-Pérez, Norma; Flores-Ramírez, Rogelio; Orta-García, Sandra; Varela-Silva, José; Pérez-Maldonado, Iván
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the exposure levels to persistent organic pollutants and 1-hydroxypyrene in children living in an endemic malaria zone in Mexico. The blood levels for 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis( p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT), 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis( p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) and lindane ranged from 15.4 to 17,886.5 ng/g lipid, 6,624.3 to 100,119.0 ng/g lipid, and 351.1 to 6,153.8 ng/g lipid, respectively. For total polychlorinated biphenyls the blood levels ranged from 2,584.9 to 14,547.9 ng/g lipid. Regarding urinary 1-hydroxypyrene levels, the mean level was 2.9 ± 3.1 μmol/mol creatinine. In conclusion, the children in our study are exposed to levels higher than normal to mixtures of environmental contaminants.
- Subjects
MEXICO; POLLUTANTS; PYRENE; MALARIA; BLOOD sampling; URINALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED biphenyls; CHILDREN
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 2012, Vol 88, Issue 6, p828
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00128-012-0593-z