Schecter A, Startin J, Wright C, Papke O, Ball M, Lis A
Department of Preventive Medicine, Clinical Campus, State University of New York, Binghamton 13903, USA.
Chemosphere. 1996 Feb;32(3):551-7. doi: 10.1016/0045-6535(96)00002-1.
We report the concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) found in human placentas and fetal tissue from the U.S. and in placentas from Yu-Cheng mothers. In placental material from sources in the U.S. we found concentrations, expressed as dioxin toxic equivalence (TEQ) values and on a lipid basis, between 8.4 and 17.6 ng/kg. In a pooled sample of fetal tissue (8-14 week) the concentration, 5.3 ng/kg, was somewhat smaller. In placental material from Taiwanese Yu-Cheng subjects much higher concentrations were found, in the range 610 to 9010 TEQ ng/kg, again on a lipid basis.
