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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
卷 25, 期 15, 页码 14350-14360出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9427-1
关键词
Human biomonitoring; Organochlorine; pesticides; HCB; beta-HCH; DDT; DDE; Lebanon
资金
- research council of Saint Joseph University of Beirut [FPH43]
- research project Etude Nutrition - Activite Physique - Sante - Biosurveillance Humaine (ENASB) or Nutrition - Physical Activity - Health - Human Biomonitoring survey
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were banned by the Stockholm Convention many years ago; however, they are still detected in the environment due to their high persistence, their current illegal use, and their import from countries where they have not been banned. We evaluated the serum concentrations of selected OCPs (hexachlorobenzene (HCB), beta-hexachlorocyclohexanes (beta-HCH), p,p'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolite p,p'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) in a sample of Lebanese adults using gas chromatography coupled to an ion trap mass spectrometer detector. The mean concentrations of HCB, beta-HCH, DDT, and DDE were 7.1, 8.6, 2.1, and 18.9 ng/g of lipids, respectively, and the major contributor among the four OCPs was DDE. The OCP levels in the present study were in general lower than the values observed in several countries worldwide and their concentrations at the 95th percentile were lower than the biomonitoring equivalents (BEs) excluding any appreciable health risk. We observed an inverse association between HCB concentrations and body mass index (BMI) as well as HCB, beta-HCH, and DDE levels, and smoking habits. Milk consumption however was positively associated with an increased serum level of beta-HCH. This study, which was the first to investigate OCP serum levels in a Lebanese population, provides a baseline to which future measurements can be compared.
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