| Document ID (ISN) | 68606 |
| CIS number |
97-567 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
1996 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Schecter A.J., Li L., Ke J., Fürst P., Fürst C., Päpke O. |
| Title |
Pesticide application and increased dioxin body burden in male and female agricultural workers in China |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1996, Vol.38, No.9, p.906-911. 10 ref. |
| Abstract |
Following large-scale spraying of the pesticide sodium pentachlorophenol (Na-PCP) salt over agricultural and lake areas in China in the 1970s, dioxin levels were determined in sprayers or handlers of Na-PCP, and in persons living in sprayed and non-sprayed areas. Blood and breast-milk samples were collected and pooled for dioxin analysis, and samples of lake sediment were analyzed. Levels of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) in human tissue were found to be low in China compared with more industrialized countries. However, environmental and human tissue samples from sprayed areas had PCDD/F levels and international dioxin toxic equivalent (I-TEQ) levels several times higher than those from non-sprayed areas. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
China; chlorinated dibenzodioxins; sodium pentachlorophenolate; exposure evaluation; pesticides; crop protection; chlorinated dibenzofurans |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
determination in blood; environmental pollution |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | China; Germany; USA |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Exposure evaluation
Agricultural chemicals
Phenols and phenolic compounds
Heterocyclic compounds
Alcohols
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