Persistent Organic Chlorinated Compound Residues in the Breast Milk of Female Seasonal Agricultural Workers

Eroğlu K., Kürşad Daş Y. K., Gölbaşı Z., Şimşek Z., Koruk F., Atmaca E.

JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE, no.9, pp.860-866, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/jom.0000000000001362
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.860-866
  • Keywords: Breast feeding, Environmental epidemiology, Maternal health, Occupational health, Toxicology
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: This retrospective descriptive study aimed to investigate organochlorine compounds in women who breastfeed and work as a seasonal agricultural worker (SAW). Methods: It was carried out on 100 woman working as SAW. Data were collected with a questionnaire by face-to-face interview and analyzed the residues of 27 items of organochlorine pesticides, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) metabolites and polychlorinated biphenyls, from persistent organic pollutants in mothers' 50mL breast milk. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and correlation analysis were used to evaluate data. Results: Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) 28 component was determined in almost all women's milk and more than half of collected milk contained beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), PCB52, pp'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), PCB70, pp'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) ve Gamma HCH, respectively. Conclusion: It was recommended that necessary legal regulations and public information policy about that subject should exist.