Organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo- p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in human adipose tissue from western Kyungnam, Korea

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 35; no. 10; pp. 2107 - 2117
• Main Authors: Kang, Youn-Seok, Matsuda, Muneaki, Kawano, Masahide, Wakimoto, Tadaaki, Min, Byung-Yoon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.11.1997; Elsevier
• Subjects: adipose tissue; Adipose Tissue - metabolism; Adult; Aged; analogs & derivatives; Benzofurans; Benzofurans - metabolism; Biological and medical sciences; Chromatography, Gas; DDT (pesticide); DDTs; Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; dioxins; Environmental pollutants toxicology; Female; fungicide residues; General aspects; HCB; HCH (pesticide); HCHs; hexachlorobenzene; Human adipose tissue; Humans; insecticide residues; Insecticides; Insecticides - metabolism; Korea; Male; Medical sciences; men; metabolism; Middle Aged; PCBs; PCDDs/DFs; Pesticide Residues; Pesticide Residues - metabolism; polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - metabolism; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - analogs & derivatives; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - metabolism; polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Sex Factors; Soil Pollutants; Soil Pollutants - metabolism; South Korea; Toxicology; Tropical medicine; women; Asia; Korea; South Korea; DDTs; PCBs; HCB; HCHs; PCDDs/DFs; Human adipose tissue; Korea; Human; Insecticide; Adipose tissue; Rate; Pesticides; HCH; Polychlorobiphenyl; Epidemiology; Pollutant; DDT; Organochlorine compounds; Chlorine Organic compounds; Environment
• ISSN: 0045-6535; 1879-1298
• DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00289-0

Hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane and its metabolites (DDTs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDDs/DFs) were determined in human adipose tissue samples collected from western Kyungnam, Korea. The residue levels of organochlorine compounds were in the order of DDTs followed by PCBs > HCHs > HCB > PCDDs/DFs. The mean concentrations of 2,3,7,8-TeCDD in male and female tissues were 2.8 and 1.7 pg.g −1 on lipid weight basis, respectively. No significant difference was found in the residue levels of PCDDs/DFs between sexes. In contrast, PCBs and DDTs showed a significant difference between sexes. Unlike the age trend observed for HCHs, PCBs and DDTs, PCDDs/DFs revealed a constant or rather decreasing pattern with increasing age. This is the first report on PCDDs/DFs contamination in human adipose tissue from Korea. Organochlorine concentrations in human adipose tissues from western Kyungnam were generally much lower than those of other countries.