K. Abraham et al., INTAKE AND FECAL EXCRETION OF PCDDS, PCDFS, HCB AND PCBS (138, 153, 180) IN A BREAST-FED AND A FORMULA-FED INFANT, Chemosphere, 29(9-11), 1994, pp. 2279-2286
Intake and fecal excretion of PCDDS, PCDFs, HCB and PCBs (IUPAC Nos. 1
38, 153, 180) were measured in a breast-fed and a formula-fed infant a
t the age of 1 and 5 months. As expected, the intake of these compound
s was clearly higher in the breast-fed infant. In this baby an almost
complete absorption was observed for lower chlorinated PCDDs and PCDFs
and also for HCB and PCBs, whereas for hepta- and octachlorinated PCD
Ds and PCDFs fecal excretion was considerably higher (from 20% up to n
early 100% of the intake). Due to low concentrations in diet and feces
of the formula-fed infant an evaluation was possible only for a few c
ompounds at the age of 5 months. These values were in the same range w
hen compared with those of the breast-fed infant. For collection of fe
ces new cotton diapers were used which were pre-extracted in order to
reduce the levels of polychlorinated compounds. Unexpectedly, after wa
shing the tissue a much higher contamination was observed which made a
calculation of fecal excretion rates in the formula-fed infant at the
age of 1 month impossible.