Open AccessHYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION IN BREAST MILK: PRELIMINARY STUDY
Author(s) -
Raffaelina Mercogliano,
Antonia De Felice,
G. Pezone,
V. Raffone,
G. Chirichiello,
Maria Luisa Cortesi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
italian journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2239-7132
DOI - 10.4081/ijfs.2011.1s.67
Subject(s) - pyrene , anthracene , contamination , breast milk , environmental chemistry , breastfeeding , carcinogen , polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon , human breast milk , chemistry , environmental science , organic chemistry , biology , ecology , medicine , biochemistry , pathology
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), mainly formed by anthropogenic activities, are ubiquitous environmental contaminants. Due to environmental contamination and their chemical properties they migrate through the human food chain, and can be transferred from mother to infant via breastfeeding. The presence of PAHs in breast milk collected from 16 lactating women living in urban and rural areas of Campania (Italy) was investigated. Results showed the presence of 14 hydrocabons. Carcinogenic benzo(a)pyrene and potential carcinogenic dibenzo(ah)anthracene were found at concentrations rancing from 0.3 to 37.6 μg/kg and from 0.5 to 47.0, respectively