Dioxins and Nonortho PCBs in Breast Milk of Vietnamese Mothers Living in the Largest Hot Spot of Dioxin Contamination

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 49; no. 9; pp. 5732 - 5742
• Main Authors: Nghi, Tran Ngoc, Nishijo, Muneko, Manh, Ho Dung, Tai, Pham The, Van Luong, Hoang, Anh, Tran Hai, Thao, Pham Ngoc, Trung, Nguyen Viet, Waseda, Tomoo, Nakagawa, Hideaki, Kido, Teruhiko, Nishijo, Hisao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 05.05.2015
• Subjects: Adult; breast milk; Breastfeeding & lactation; Chemical compounds; Contamination; Dioxins; Dioxins - analysis; Eating; Environmental Pollutants - analysis; exposure assessment; Female; food intake; Geography; hospitals; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Lipids; Male; Milk, Human - chemistry; Mothers; neonates; Parity; PCB; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - analysis; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - analysis; Pregnancy; Regression Analysis; Residence Characteristics; risk factors; tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin; Vietnam; Vietnam; ISEW, Vietnam

Bien Hoa Air Base is the largest dioxin contamination hot spot in Vietnam. In 2012, we recruited 216 mothers who were living in 10 communities around Bien Hoa Air Base and had delivered newborns at a prefecture hospital, and we investigated recent exposure levels of dioxins and nonortho PCBs in thei...