Lozano KF, García SAK, Padilla SLF, Rizo CG, Cifuentes E, Trasande L

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to explore in a population of pregnant women living on the banks of Lake Chapala, Jalisco México, the exposure to organochlorine pesticides (HCH) and its isomers. We studied 49 women attending antenatal care in local health services. Aged 22.5 ± 6.74 years old, whose main activity is housework 85%. Pesticide HCH and its isomers exposure in the study population demonstrate the significant presence of organochlorine compounds in the sample subjects. HCH’s isomers were found in (n=34) 69.4%, with regard to the determination of each isomer, we found in α isomer (n=6) 17.1%, β(n=1) 2.9%, δ(n=6) 17.6%, γ(Lindane) (n=1) 2.9%. The presence of two isomers aβ(n=3) 8.8%, aγ(n=2) 5.9%, bδ(n=4) 11.8%. The presence of three isomers is in abγ(n=5) 14.7%, abγ(n=1) 2.9%, in the case of four isomers we found abdγ(n=5) 14.7%. The results of this study identified an unusual pregnant women exposure to organochlorine pesticides and a potential health hazard in the maternal and child population.

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