Persistent toxic substances in the Brazilian Amazon: contamination of man and the environment

Torres, João Paulo Machado; Lailson‐Brito, José; Saldanha, Giselle C.; Silva, Cláudio Eduardo A. e; Malm, Olaf; Guimarães, Jean Rémy Davée; Azeredo, Antônio; Bastos, Wanderley Rodrigues; Silva, Vera Maria F. da; Martin, Anthony R.; Cláudio, Luz; Markowitz, Steve

doi:10.1590/s0103-50532010000300025

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“…Interestingly, Galapagos sea lion pups exhibited DDT concentrations similar to those detected in juveniles of Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) from several subpopulations in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Ylitalo et al 2008). The maximum levels of DDT concentration (1,200-3,100 lg kg -1 lipid) detected in six Galapagos sea lion pups are comparable to or higher than the concentrations recently found in Amazon River dolphins (Inia geoffrensis; 1,624 lg kg -1 lipid) (Torres et al 2009) and higher than concentrations measured in human milk (370 lg kg -1 lipid) samples from the Brazilian Amazon (Azeredo et al 2008), where DDT has been widely sprayed.…”

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confidence: 66%