Nationwide Biomonitoring of Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Breast Milk and Health Risk Assessment to Nursing Infants in the Chinese Population

• Published in: Journal of agricultural and food chemistry Vol. 68; no. 47; pp. 13906 - 13915
• Main Authors: Chen, Dawei, Liu, Zhibin, Barrett, Holly, Han, Jiajun, Lv, Bing, Li, Yan, Li, Jingguang, Zhao, Yunfeng, Wu, Yongning
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 25.11.2020
• Subjects: acetamiprid; Biological Monitoring; body weight; Breast Feeding; breast milk; China; dietary exposure; environmental monitoring; Female; food chemistry; Food Safety and Toxicology; health effects assessments; Humans; imidacloprid; Infant; Insecticides - analysis; Lactation; metabolites; milk consumption; Milk, Human - chemistry; national surveys; Neonicotinoids - analysis; risk; Risk Assessment; China; risk assessment; breast milk; neonicotinoid; infants; biomonitoring

Presently, the potential health risks of neonicotinoid insecticides (neonics) are now receiving much attention, but no data regarding the exposure of infants to neonics via human breast milk intake have been reported. In this study, a nationwide survey was conducted during the period of 2017–2019, w...