Persistent Organic Chlorinated Compound Residues in the Breast Milk of Female Seasonal Agricultural Workers.

J Occup Environ Med

Koç University School of Nursing, Koç Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi, Davutpaşa cad. Topkapi İstanbul, Türkiye (Dr Eroğlu), 19 Mayis University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ondokuz Mayis Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi Kurupelit Kampüsü, Atakum/Samsun, Türkiye (Drs Kürşad Daş, Atmaca), Cumhuriyet University, Department of Nursing Faculty of Health Science, Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Sağlik Bilimleri Fakültesi, Sivas, Türkiye (Dr Gölbaşi), Bilgi University School of Health, Bilgi Üniversitesi Sağlik Yüksekokulu, Haciahmet Mahallesi, Pir Hüsamettin Sokak, Beyoğlu, İstanbul Türkiye (Dr Şimşek), Department of Nursing, School of Health Science Harran Üniversitesi, Şanliurfa, Harran Üniversitesi Sağlik Bilimleri Fakültesi, Osmanbey Yerleşkesi, Merkezi Derslik, Şanliurfa, Türkiye (Dr Koruk).

Published: September 2018

Objective: This retrospective descriptive study aimed to investigate organochlorine compounds in women who breastfeed and work as a seasonal agricultural worker (SAW).

Methods: It was carried out on 100 woman working as SAW. Data were collected with a questionnaire by face-to-face interview and analyzed the residues of 27 items of organochlorine pesticides, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) metabolites and polychlorinated biphenyls, from persistent organic pollutants in mothers' 50 mL breast milk. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and correlation analysis were used to evaluate data.

Results: Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)28 component was determined in almost all women's milk and more than half of collected milk contained beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), PCB52, pp'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), PCB70, pp'- dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) ve Gamma HCH, respectively.

Conclusion: It was recommended that necessary legal regulations and public information policy about that subject should exist.

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