Biomarkers of Maternal and Fetal Exposure to Organochlorine Pesticides Measured in Pregnant Hispanic Women from Brownsville, Texas

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ID15501972
AuthorsKen Sexton (University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownville Regional Campus, 80 Fort Brown-AHC, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA, corresponding author), Jennifer J Salinas (0000-0001-6276-7184), Jennifer Salinas (0000-0001-8530-6452, University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownville Regional Campus, 80 Fort Brown-AHC, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA), Thomas Mcdonald (School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M System Health Science Center, SRPH Building, College Station, TX 77843, USA), Thomas J McDonald (0000-0003-0057-0997, Texas A&M University System), Rose Gowen (University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownville Regional Campus, 80 Fort Brown-AHC, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA), Rebecca Miller (0000-0002-2184-3475, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Region 12, 5425 Polk Street, Houston, TX 77023, USA), Rebecca C Miller (0000-0002-1131-2021, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality), Joseph B Mccormick (0000-0002-5844-8102), Joseph McCormick (University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownville Regional Campus, 80 Fort Brown-AHC, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA), Susan P Fisher‐Hoch (0000-0002-7894-5114), Susan Fisher-Hoch (University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownville Regional Campus, 80 Fort Brown-AHC, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA)
Year2013
Volume10
Issue1
Pages237-248
Publication date2013-01-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph10010237
PMID23343981
PMCIDPMC3564140
OpenAlexW2091799236
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited33

Biomarkers of organochlorine pesticides were measured in both venous and umbilical cord blood from 35 pregnant Hispanic women living in Brownsville, Texas, USA. Gas chromatography with an electron capture detector was used to analyze specimens for 30 individual pesticides or their metabolites. Results indicate that blood concentrations were relatively low for most individual compounds, but that high-end (upper 10th percentile) values for total DDT were comparatively high. Although health effects associated with measured blood concentrations are uncertain, there is concern that fetal exposure to low levels of these OC compounds, either individually or in combination, might contribute to subsequent health problems, including neurodevelopmental effects, cancer, endocrine disruption, obesity and diabetes

Biology · Endocrine system · Fetus · Hormone · Organochlorine pesticide · Percentile · Pesticide · Pregnancy · Umbilical cord · Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment · Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals · Medicine · Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Physiology · Toxicology

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