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publication name Monitoring of Carcinogenic Environmental Pollutants in Women’s Breast Milk
Authors Ahmed Medhat Hegazy *, Ahmed R. Fakhreldin and Soad M. Nasr
year 2020
keywords Women’s breast milk; Environmental pollutants; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; lead; cadmium.
journal Biomedical & Pharmacology Journal
volume 13
issue 1
pages 119-125
publisher Oriental Scientific Publishing Company
Local/International International
Paper Link http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bpj/1868
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Abstract

This study was to investigate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), lead (Pb), and cadmium (Cd) levels in women’s breast milk. One hundred and twenty milk samples were collected from lactating women who were living around petrochemical factories and a sugar cane factory. The residues of PAHs in women’s breast milk samples were determined using gas chromatography and PAH standards after extraction and saponification. Lead and cadmium levels were determined in the milk samples after digestion using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Results revealed that different levels of acenaphthylene, fluorine, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo(a)anthracene, chrysene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene, and benzo(g,h,i)perylene were detected in the women’s breast milk. The total PAHs were significantly (P

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