Levels of chemical contaminants in nonoccupationally exposed U. S. residents

Holleman, J.W.; Hammons, A.S.

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“…Human tissue samples (unspecified) taken from 186 people at sites treated with mirex over the previous ten years had mirex residues in the range of < 1-1.32 pg/g (ppm) (mean concentration, 0.38 pg/g) (Holleman and Hammons, 1980). A 1975-1976 survey of 624 human adipose tissue samples from subjects living in eight southern states where mirex had been used for fire ant control indicated that 10.2% of the population in the area had detectable levels of mirex at a geometric mean concentration of 0.286 p,g/g (ppm).…”

Section: Populations With Potentially High Exposuresmentioning

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Atsdr Evaluation of Health Effects of Chemicals

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This document provides public health officials, physicians, toxicologists, and other interested individuals and groups with an overall perspective of the toxicology of mirex and chlordecone. It contains descriptions and evaluations of toxicological studies and epidemiological investigations and provides conclusions, where possible, on the relevance of toxicity and toxicokinetic data to public health. Additional substances will be profiled in a series of manuscripts to follow.

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Section: Populations With Potentially High Exposuresmentioning

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A comparison of organochlorine residues in human adipose tissue autopsy samples from two Ontario municipalities

LeBel

Junkins

1984

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

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Human adipose tissue samples obtained during autopsies in a Canadian Great Lakes community, Kingston, Ontario, and a second community, Ottawa, Ontario, were analyzed for organochlorine pesticides, polychlorobiphenyls, chlorobenzenes, and chlorophenols. Significantly different levels of Dichlorodiphenyl -dichloroethane, mirex, hexachlorobenzene, and 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol were found in Kingston adipose tissues compared to Ottawa tissues. Residue levels of oxychlordane , mirex, and polychlorinated biphenyls were significantly different in Kingston males versus Kingston females. The means and ranges of residue levels were contrasted with those reported in previous Canadian surveys.

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Chemical Analysis of Human Blood for Assessment of Environmental Exposure to Semivolatile Organochlorine Chemical Contaminants

Bristol

Crist

Lewis

et al. 1982

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

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A chemical method for the quantitative analysis of organochlorine pesticide residues present in human blood was scaled-up to provide increased sensitivity and extended to include organochlorine industrial chemicals. Whole blood samples were extracted with hexane, concentrated, and analyzed without further cleanup by gas chromatography with electron capture detection. The methodology used was validated by conducting recovery studies at 1 and 10 ng/g (ppb) levels. Screening and confirmational analyses were performed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry on samples collected from potentially exposed residents of the Love Canal area of Niagara Falls, New York and from volunteers in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina for 25 specific semivolatile organochlorine contaminants including chlorobenzene and chlorotoluene congeners, hexachloro-1,3-butadiene, pesticides, and polychlorinated biphenyls as Aroclor 1260. Dichlorobenzene, hexachlorobenzene, and beta-hexachlorocyclohexane residues fell in the range of 0.1 to 26 ppb in a high percentage of both the field and volunteer blood samples analyzed. Levels of other organochlorine compounds were either non-detectable or present in sub-ppb ranges.

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Levels of chemical contaminants in nonoccupationally exposed U. S. residents

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Atsdr Evaluation of Health Effects of Chemicals

Atsdr Evaluation of Health Effects of Chemicals

A comparison of organochlorine residues in human adipose tissue autopsy samples from two Ontario municipalities

Chemical Analysis of Human Blood for Assessment of Environmental Exposure to Semivolatile Organochlorine Chemical Contaminants

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