POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL AND ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE RESIDUES IN HUMAN ADIPOSE-TISSUE IN POLAND

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作者
TANABE, S [1 ]
FALANDYSZ, J [1 ]
HIGAKI, T [1 ]
KANNAN, K [1 ]
TATSUKAWA, R [1 ]
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[1] UNIV GDANSK, DEPT CHEM, PL-80952 GDANSK, POLAND
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10.1016/0269-7491(93)90176-O
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Concentrations of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) and organochlorine insecticides such as DDT, HCHs (hexachlorocyclohexanes), HCB (hexachlorobenzene) and chlordanes were determined in human adipose fat from the provinces of Skierniewice and Gdansk in Poland collected during 1979 and 1990, respectively. The mean levels (mug g-1 lipid weight basis) in Skierniewice and Gdansk were found to be 1.2 +/- 0.44 and 1.5 +/- 1.3 for PCBs, 25 +/- 16 and 15 +/- 13 for DDT, 0.53 +/- 0.17 and 0.25 +/- 0.09 for HCHs, 0.36 +/- 0.22 and 0.26 +/- 0.23 for HCB, and 0.11 +/- 0.08 and 0.07 +/- 0.04 for chlordanes, respectively. Very high concentrations of DDT were detected, with the maximum value as high as 52 mug g-1 lipid weight in Skierniewice and 47 mug g-1 lipid weight in Gdansk PCB residues contained in the human fat from Polish cadavers are comparable to those of the levels reported for industrialized nations. It is appraised from the levels of DDT and PCBs in Poles' fat that the Polish environment is still experiencing both types of contamination, arising from agricultural and industrial activities. Contamination of humans by other organochlorine insecticides was relatively lower.
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