Persistent Organic Pollutants in Human Milk

This open access book reviews the trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in human milk and discusses the main findings of five global surveys that were coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) from 2000 to 2019. Human milk was sel...

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Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Malisch, Rainer (Editor), Fürst, Peter (Editor), Šebková, Kateřina (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edition:	1st ed. 2023.
Subjects:	Environmental chemistry. Analytical chemistry. Toxicology. Gynecology . Nutrition . Environment. Environmental Chemistry. Analytical Chemistry. Medical Toxicology. Gynecology. Nutrition. Environmental Sciences.
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Table of Contents:

Part I Introduction
Chapter 1 Human milk surveys on persistent organic pollutants from a historical perspective
Chapter 2 Overview of WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies and their link to the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants
Chapter 3 The Stockholm Convention, Global Monitoring Plan and its implementation in regional and global monitoring reports
Part II Analytical methods and quality control
Chapter 4 Analysis and quality control of WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans
Chapter 5 Analysis and quality control of WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: organochlorine pesticides and industrial chemicals
Chapter 6 Analysis and quality control of WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: polybrominated diphenylethers, hexabromocyclododecanes, chlorinated paraffins and polychlorinated naphthalenes
Part III WHO/UNEP-coordinated exposure studies 2000-2019: results of chlorinated and brominated POPs and discussion
Chapter 7 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans
Chapter 8 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of organochlorine pesticides and industrial chemicals
Chapter 9 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of polybrominated substances (PBDE, HBCDD, PBB 153, PBDD/PBDF)
Chapter 10 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of chlorinated paraffins
Chapter 11 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of polychlorinated naphthalenes
Part IV Assessments
Chapter 12 Time trends in human milk derived from WHO- and UNEP-coordinated exposure studies; Chapter 1: polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans
Chapter 13 Time trends in human milk derived from WHO- and UNEP-coordinated exposure studies; Chapter 2: DDT, beta-HCH and HCB
Chapter 14 Time trends in human milk derived from WHO- and UNEP-coordinated exposure studies; Chapter 3: perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Chapter 15 Risk-benefit analysis for the breastfed infant based on the WHO- and UNEP human milk surveys for dioxin-like compounds
Part V Summary, conclusions and outlook
Chapter 16 Overall conclusions and key messages of the WHO/UNEP-coordinated human milk studies on persistent organic pollutants
Chapter 17 Outlook (towards future studies on human milk).

Persistent Organic Pollutants in Human Milk

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