Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 405, Issue 7, Pages 2405-2410Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-6706-7
Keywords
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Breast milk; High-resolution mass spectrometry; Gas chromatography
Funding
- CIGAS Center [2915/12]
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We report on the content of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in 15 breast milk samples of nursing women living in the city of Taranto (Southern, Italy) or nearby. Breast milk samples were collected over the 2008-2009 period and analyzed by gas chromatography coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS) upon accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) using acetone/n-hexane mixture 1:1 (v/v). The method was validated demonstrating good performing features. Profiles of PCDD/PCDF congeners in breast milk samples exhibited a prevalence of PCDFs compared to PCDDs. Toxic equivalents (TEQs in picogram per gram fat) of four breast milk were far above the legal limit for human consumption of 3.0 pg/g; their estimated daily and weekly dietary intake were almost 5-20 and 10-40 times higher, respectively, than the tolerable intake values established by the World Health Organization.
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