Serum levels of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls among inhabitants of Greater Metropolitan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID21057252
AuthorsIsabella Fernandes Delgado (0000-0003-0610-5324, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Heloisa H C Barretto (Instituto Adolfo Lutz), Teresa A Kussumi (Instituto Adolfo Lutz), Irene Baptista Alleluia (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia), Cenira de A Baggio (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia), Francisco J R Paumgartten (0000-0002-6207-0149, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz)
Year2002
Volume18
Issue2
Pages519-524
Publication date2002-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x2002000200017
PMID11923894
OpenAlexW2124857778
SciELOS0102-311X2002000200017
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited12

Levels of persistent organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined in the blood serum of people living and working in the urban area of greater Rio de Janeiro city. Blood samples from 33 volunteers (16 males, 17 females, 19-63 years old) were taken in January 1999. OCP residues (op'DDT, pp'DDT, pp'DDD, pp'DDE, Aldrin, Dieldrin, Endrin, Heptachlor, Heptachlor-epoxide, alpha-, beta- and gamma-Hexachlorocyclo-hexane, Hexachlorobenzene) and PCBs (congeners: 28, 52, 101, 138, 153, 180) were extracted with n-hexane and analyzed by gas chromatography with electron capture detection. Except for pp'DDE (detection limit = 1.4μg/L) no other OCP residue was found in the samples. No PCB congener (detection limit = 2.0μg/L) was detected either. pp'DDE was found in 17 out of 33 samples in concentrations that ranged from 1.4 to 8.4 μg/L of serum or, on a fat basis, from 0.200 to 3.452 μg/g of serum lipids. Percentage of positive samples (%) and levels of pp'DDE (range of positive samples) increased from the youngest to the oldest group ( or = 40 yrs: 77%, 0.257-3.452μg/g)

Aldrin · Animal science · Biology · Chromatography · Congener · Detection limit · Dieldrin · Electron capture detector · Endrin · Heptachlor · Hexachlorobenzene · Organochlorine pesticide · Pesticide · Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment · Chemistry · Ecology · Environmental Chemistry · Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity · Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

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