ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to evaluate the DDT, DDE, and 1-hydroxypyrene exposure levels of children living in communities located in southeastern Mexico. The study communities were Lacanja and Victoria in Chiapas state and Ventanilla in Oaxaca state. Children living in Lacanja had total blood DDT levels (mean ± SD, 29,039.6 ± 11,261.4 ng/g lipid) that were significantly higher than those of children in Victoria (10,220.5 ± 7,893.1 ng/g lipid) and Ventanilla (11,659.7 ± 6,683.7 ng/g lipid). With respect to the 1-hydroxypyrene levels in urine samples, the levels in Lacanja (4.8 ± 4.1 µg/L or 4.5 ± 3.9 µmol/mol creatinine) and Victoria (4.6 ± 3.8 µg/L or 3.9 ± 3.0 µmol/mol Cr) were significantly higher than levels found in Ventanilla (3.6 ± 1.4 µg/L or 2.5 ± 0.5 µmol/mol Cr). In conclusion, our data indicate high levels of exposure in children living in the communities studied in this work. The evidence found in this study could be further used as a trigger to revisit local policies on environmental exposures.
Subject(s)
DDT/blood , Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene/blood , Environmental Exposure/statistics & numerical data , Environmental Pollutants/blood , Pyrenes/blood , Adolescent , Biomarkers/blood , Biomarkers/urine , Child , Child, Preschool , DDT/urine , Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene/urine , Environmental Monitoring , Environmental Pollutants/urine , Female , Humans , Insecticides/blood , Insecticides/urine , Male , Mexico , Pyrenes/urineABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to evaluate the exposure levels to persistent organic pollutants and 1-hydroxypyrene in children living in an endemic malaria zone in Mexico. The blood levels for 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT), 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) and lindane ranged from 15.4 to 17,886.5 ng/g lipid, 6,624.3 to 100,119.0 ng/g lipid, and 351.1 to 6,153.8 ng/g lipid, respectively. For total polychlorinated biphenyls the blood levels ranged from 2,584.9 to 14,547.9 ng/g lipid. Regarding urinary 1-hydroxypyrene levels, the mean level was 2.9 ± 3.1 µmol/mol creatinine. In conclusion, the children in our study are exposed to levels higher than normal to mixtures of environmental contaminants.
Subject(s)
Environmental Exposure/statistics & numerical data , Environmental Pollutants/metabolism , Malaria/epidemiology , Pyrenes/metabolism , Adolescent , Child , DDT/blood , DDT/metabolism , DDT/urine , Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene/blood , Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene/metabolism , Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene/urine , Environmental Exposure/analysis , Environmental Pollutants/blood , Environmental Pollutants/urine , Female , Hexachlorocyclohexane/blood , Hexachlorocyclohexane/metabolism , Hexachlorocyclohexane/urine , Humans , Male , Mexico , Polychlorinated Biphenyls/blood , Polychlorinated Biphenyls/metabolism , Polychlorinated Biphenyls/urineABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was assess co-exposure to DDT, DDE (main DDT metabolite), and PAHs (1-hydroxypyrene) in areas where biomass is used to cook and to heat homes and where DDT was used to combat malaria transmission. METHODS: During 2009, we analyzed a total of 190 blood and urine samples from children living in six communities in Mexico. Quantitative analyses of DDT and DDE were performed using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Analyses of 1-hydroxypyrene were performed by HPLC using a fluorescence detector. RESULTS: In this work, we found high levels of DDT and its principal metabolite (DDE) in the blood of children living in four communities in Chiapas located in the southeastern region of Mexico (range, Subject(s)
DDT/urine
, Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene/urine
, Environmental Exposure/statistics & numerical data
, Environmental Pollutants/urine
, Pyrenes/metabolism
, Child
, DDT/blood
, Developing Countries
, Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene/blood
, Environmental Monitoring
, Environmental Pollutants/metabolism
, Humans
, Mexico
, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/blood
, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/chemistry
, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/urine
, Socioeconomic Factors
ABSTRACT
A un total de 83 trabajadores pertenecientes a una empresa arrocera de Ciudad de La Habana, se les realizó un análisis bioquímico que incluyó la determinación de actividad colinesterásica en sangre total y niveles de mercurio y DDT (total) en orina y suero respectivamente, con el objetivo de determinar la existencia o no de niveles de exposición a plaguicidas anticolinesterásicos, organomercuriales y DDT capaces de afectar negativamente su salud. Los resultados nos permitieron concluir que además de la existencia de riesgo potencial por exposición ocupacional a plaguicidas, en esta masa laboral coexistieron, aunque no de manera significativa, problemas de salud por exposición a plaguicidas anticolinesterásicos