Levels of PCBs and some organochlorine pesticides in the human population of selected areas of the Slovak Republic. I. Blood.

Abstract:

:Fifty samples of human blood collected in 1992 from the general human population living in five selected areas of the Slovak Republic (the Michalovce, Velký Krtís and Nitra District, Myjava area and Bratislava) were analysed for polychlorinated biphenyls (IUPAC Nos. 28, 52, 77, 101, 105, 114, 118, 123, 126, 138 (+163), 153, 156, 157, 167, 169, 180 and 189) and some organochlorine pesticides (HCB, gamma-HCH, p,p'-DDE and p,p'-DDT). PCB levels (the sum of the congeners analysed) in serum lipids averaged for all the samples analysed were 1.79 micrograms.g-1 (range: 0.53-9.20 micrograms.g-1, median: 1.33 micrograms.g-1), HCB 5.38 micrograms.g-1 (0.16-23.20 micrograms.g-1, 4.27 micrograms.g-1), gamma-HCH 0.012 microgram.g-1 (< 0.01-0.18 microgram.g-1), p,p'-DDE 6.05 micrograms.g-1 (1.30-34.80 micrograms.g-1, 4.39 micrograms.g-1) and p,p'-DDT 0.27 microgram.g-1 (< 0.01-0.79 microgram.g-1, 0.23 microgram.g-1). About three times higher levels of PCBs were found in the samples from the district where PCB formulations had been produced (the Michalovce District).

journal_name

Chemosphere

journal_title

Chemosphere

authors

Kocan A,Petrík J,Drobná B,Chovancová J

doi

10.1016/0045-6535(94)90400-6

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-11-01 00:00:00

pages

2315-25

issue

9-11

eissn

0045-6535

issn

1879-1298

pii

0045-6535(94)90400-6

journal_volume

29

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