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BREAST-MILK MONITORING TO MEASURE MICHIGAN'S CONTAMINATION WITH POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS
Brilliant, Lawrence B.; Van Amburg, George; Isbister, John; Humphrey, Harold E. B.; Wilcox, Kenneth R.; Eyster, Janet; Bloomer, Arthur W.; Price, Harold
Brilliant, Lawrence B.; Van Amburg, George; Isbister, John; Humphrey, Harold E. B.; Wilcox, Kenneth R.; Eyster, Janet; Bloomer, Arthur W.; Price, Harold
1978-09-23
Citation:Brilliant, LawrenceB., Van Amburg, George, Isbister, John, Humphrey, Harold, Wilcox, Kenneth, Eyster, Janet, Bloomer, ArthurW., Price, Harold (1978/09/23)."BREAST-MILK MONITORING TO MEASURE MICHIGAN'S CONTAMINATION WITH POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS." The Lancet 312(8091): 643-646. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/22528>
Abstract: In 1973 and 1974, several thousand Michigan dairy farms were contaminated by polybrominated biphenyls (P.B.B.) as the result of an industrial accident. An unknown quantity of contaminated meat and dairy products entered the food chain before contaminated farms were quarantined. To determine the extent of human exposure, P.B.B. concentrations were measured in human breast milk, which was collected in a random-sample survey from nursing mothers throughout Michigan. 96% of 53 samples from Michigan's lower peninsula and 43% of 42 samples from the less densely populated upper peninsula contained detectable levels of P.B.B. These data indicate that about 8 million of Michigan's 9[middle dot]1 million residents have detectable body burdens of P.B.B.
