Exposure of perfluorinated chemicals through lactation: levels of matched human milk and serum and a temporal trend, 1996-2004, in Sweden.(Research) From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: February 1, 2007| Author: Karrman, Anna; Ericson, Ingrid; van Bavel, Bert; Darnerud, Per Ola; Aune, Marie; Glynn, Anders; Lignell, Sanna; Lindstrom, Gunilla | COPYRIGHT 2007 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

BACKGROUND: Only limited data exist on lactation as an exposure source of persistent perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) for children.

OBJECTIVES: We studied occurrence and levels of PFCs in human milk in relation to maternal serum together with the temporal trend in milk levels between 1996 and 2004 in Sweden. Matched, individual human milk and serum samples from 12 primiparous women in Sweden were analyzed together with composite milk samples (25-90 women/year) from 1996 to...