PAHs contamination levels in the breast milk of Ghanaian women from an e-waste recycling site and a residential area
| Autor: | Anita Asamoah, Mahdi Nikbakht Fini, Erik Gydesen Søgaard, Jens Muff, David Kofi Essumang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Environmental Engineering 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences 010501 environmental sciences Breast milk 01 natural sciences Electronic waste recycling Ghana Carcinogenic and mutagenic risks Electronic Waste Young Adult PAHs Residence Characteristics Environmental Chemistry Humans Waste recycling Recycling Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Waste Management and Disposal Human breast milk 0105 earth and related environmental sciences geography geography.geographical_feature_category Milk Human food and beverages Environmental Exposure Contamination Middle Aged Pollution Residential area Waste Disposal Facilities Environmental chemistry Environmental science Environmental Pollutants Female Gas chromatography E-waste recycling site Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Asamoah, A, Nikbakht Fini, M, Essumang, D K, Muff, J & Søgaard, E G 2019, ' PAHs contamination levels in the breast milk of Ghanaian women from an e-waste recycling site and a residential area ', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 666, pp. 347-354 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.204 |
| ISSN: | 1879-1026 |
| Popis: | Breast milk samples from 128 primipararae and multiparae Ghanaian women were screened for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) from 2014 and 2016. These were breast milk from women residing or working around an electronic waste recycling site and a reference area (a residential area). This research is aimed at assessing PAHs levels in human milk samples from some Ghanaian mothers, prediction of the sources of these PAHs and the probable carcinogenic and mutagenic risks to infants. PAHs in the breast milk were analyzed using a gas chromatography coupled with a mass spectrometer (GC–MS/MS). A total of 18 PAH congeners were identified in the human milk samples with a total range between −5 and 1.9 × 10 −5 , respectively. |
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