Lederman S A
Center for Population and Family Health, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, USA.
Reprod Toxicol. 1996 Mar-Apr;10(2):93-104. doi: 10.1016/0890-6238(95)02050-0.
Concern has been widespread about possible high levels of environmental contamination in areas of the former Soviet Union. Some of this concern has focussed on toxicants in human milk and their potential adverse effects on the breastfeeding child, but published data have been virtually unavailable. This study collected previously unpublished analyses of breast milk, water, cow's milk, and dairy product samples from several of the Republics during the last decade, providing an opportunity for comparing the level of contamination to similar data from other countries. The general levels of contamination are similar to those observed in other countries. Social and economic conditions as well as the contamination of water and substitute foods in the Republics make alternative methods of infant feeding demonstrably less desirable for the child than the measured levels of breast milk contamination.
人们普遍担心前苏联地区可能存在高度的环境污染。其中一些担忧集中在人乳中的有毒物质及其对母乳喂养儿童的潜在不利影响，但几乎没有公开的数据。本研究收集了过去十年中几个共和国的母乳、水、牛奶和乳制品样本的先前未发表的分析结果，为将污染水平与其他国家的类似数据进行比较提供了机会。总体污染水平与其他国家观察到的水平相似。这些共和国的社会和经济状况以及水和替代食品的污染使得婴儿喂养的替代方法显然不如所测母乳污染水平对儿童有利。
