Fifteen years of monitoring of POPs in the breast milk, Czech
Republic, 1994-2009: trends and factors.

J 2012

Fifteen years of monitoring of POPs in the breast milk, Czech Republic, 1994-2009: trends and factors.

MIKEŠ, Ondřej, Pavel ČUPR, Lukáš KOHÚT, A. KRŠKOVÁ, M. ČERNÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Fifteen years of monitoring of POPs in the breast milk, Czech Republic, 1994-2009: trends and factors.

Authors

MIKEŠ, Ondřej (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Pavel ČUPR (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lukáš KOHÚT (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), A. KRŠKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and M. ČERNÁ (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2012, 0944-1344

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30304 Public and environmental health

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.618

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/12:00060799

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-012-0798-z

UT WoS

000306123000008

Keywords in English

Human breast milk; Long-term trends; POPs monitoring; Half-lives of POPs in breast milk; Czech Republic; Effectiveness evaluation; Stockholm Convention

Abstract

V originále

The breast milk has been recommended to carry out as a monitoring tool for effectiveness evaluation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloro-ethane (DDT) and its metabolites (DDX), hexachlorbenzene (HCB) and isomers of hexachlocyklohexane (HCHs) have been monitored in the breast milk of nursing mothers in the Czech Republic since 1994 as a part of The Environmental Health Monitoring System. Knowledge about long-term POPs distribution and accumulation in the human body is crucial to understanding uptake, degradation and subsequent effects as well as to conduct risk assessments. The main aim of this study is to evaluate 15-years long-term trends of selected POPs in human milk in the Czech Republic and to elucidate the questionnaire information about the age, parity and social habits, to the final concentrations. This effectiveness evaluation of POPs restriction is quite precisely after 15-years monitoring campaigns.The human milk samples (4,753 samples) were analysed for a number of chlorinated organic chemicals including PCBs and selected chlorinated pesticides (OCPs, HCB, HCHs, DDX). The relative change of concentration per year for all chemicals was analysed. The remaining percentages of POPs in breast milk in comparison to 1994 are also expressed. Czech population half-lives of POPs in breast milk, derived from either linear or exponential models were computed.The long-term data indicates a continuation of a decreasing trend of POPs concentrations on breast milk. Our study did not confirm lactation and parity as an important outflux resulting in the decrease in concentrations in mothers, which is in the antagonism with most of the studies. The higher BMI was associated with higher amounts of HCB and lower amounts of higher chlorinated PCBs. This ongoing long-term study is very useful tool for parametric effectiveness evaluation of Stockholm Convention.

Links

ED0001/01/01, research and development project

Name: CETOCOEN

MSM0021622412, plan (intention)

Name: Interakce mezi chemickými látkami, prostředím a biologickými systémy a jejich důsledky na globální, regionální a lokální úrovni (INCHEMBIOL) (Acronym: INCHEMBIOL)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL)

Citovat

MIKEŠ, Ondřej, Pavel ČUPR, Lukáš KOHÚT, A. KRŠKOVÁ and M. ČERNÁ. Fifteen years of monitoring of POPs in the breast milk, Czech Republic, 1994-2009: trends and factors. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. HEIDELBERG, GERMANY: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2012, vol. 19, No 6, p. 1936-1943. ISSN 0944-1344. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-012-0798-z.

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N2  - The breast milk has been recommended to carry out as a monitoring tool for effectiveness evaluation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloro-ethane (DDT) and its metabolites (DDX), hexachlorbenzene (HCB) and isomers of hexachlocyklohexane (HCHs) have been monitored in the breast milk of nursing mothers in the Czech Republic since 1994 as a part of The Environmental Health Monitoring System. Knowledge about long-term POPs distribution and accumulation in the human body is crucial to understanding uptake, degradation and subsequent effects as well as to conduct risk assessments. The main aim of this study is to evaluate 15-years long-term trends of selected POPs in human milk in the Czech Republic and to elucidate the questionnaire information about the age, parity and social habits, to the final concentrations. This effectiveness evaluation of POPs restriction is quite precisely after 15-years monitoring campaigns.The human milk samples (4,753 samples) were analysed for a number of chlorinated organic chemicals including PCBs and selected chlorinated pesticides (OCPs, HCB, HCHs, DDX). The relative change of concentration per year for all chemicals was analysed. The remaining percentages of POPs in breast milk in comparison to 1994 are also expressed. Czech population half-lives of POPs in breast milk, derived from either linear or exponential models were computed.The long-term data indicates a continuation of a decreasing trend of POPs concentrations on breast milk. Our study did not confirm lactation and parity as an important outflux resulting in the decrease in concentrations in mothers, which is in the antagonism with most of the studies. The higher BMI was associated with higher amounts of HCB and lower amounts of higher chlorinated PCBs. This ongoing long-term study is very useful tool for parametric effectiveness evaluation of Stockholm Convention.
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MIKEŠ, Ondřej, Pavel ČUPR, Lukáš KOHÚT, A. KRŠKOVÁ and M. ČERNÁ. Fifteen years of monitoring of POPs in the breast milk, Czech Republic, 1994-2009: trends and factors. \textit{Environmental Science and Pollution Research}. HEIDELBERG, GERMANY: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2012, vol.~19, No~6, p.~1936-1943. ISSN~0944-1344. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-012-0798-z.

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