Evaluation of the degree of contamination of breast milk by organochlorine pesticides in the Lower Amazon region: a preliminary study

• Main Authors: Isabella Clarissa Vasconcelos Rêgo (Author), Joseph Simões Ribeiro (Author), Guilherme Augusto Barros Conde (Author), Lucinewton Silva de Moura (Author), Maxwell Barbosa Santana (Author), Ruy Bessa Lopes (Author), Rosivaldo de Alcântara Mendes (Author), Julio César Amaral Cardoso (Author), Márcia Mourão Ramos Azevedo (Author), Paulo Sérgio Taube (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The main source of human exposure to organochlorines is through food, especially food with a high fat content, such as breast milk, which is critical for child hood development. Therefore, it is important to analyze milk and other biological matrices for organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), and then de...