DIOXIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS IN HUMAN MILK AND PLACENTA FROM CENTRAL VIETNAM
Contemporary levels of PCDD/Fs in placental tissues and in breast milk of women from central provinces of Vietnam were investigated. Quang Tri province was exposed by Agent Orange during the war of 1961–1972, neighbor Quang Binh province located to the north – was not. Quite high levels of PCDD/Fs in placental tissues and in breast milk were shown. 2,3,7,8-TCDD was detected in the placenta of only one woman from Quang Binh province. The levels of PCDD/Fs in the breast milk of parturient women from Quang Binh province were found to be significantly lower than in the women from Quang Tri. Despite of growing anthropogenic burden these differences could be caused by Agent Orange treatment of Quang Tri province. This fact indicates that, even today – after 40 years (in the third generation of people), trace amounts of dioxins from Agent Orange are retained in the bodies of humans permanently living in the area subjected to mass-scale treatment with defoliants.
Shelepchikov A.A. Feshin D.B. Brodsky E.S.
Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Sciences (IPEE RAS),Leninsky pr. 33,119071 Moscow,Russia
国际会议
北京
英文
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2009-08-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）