Pentachlorophenol in house dusts and urine of Eastern German children

In spite of existing prohibition PCP is playing an important role in enviro nmental medicine, because of existing persistence, toxicity and ubiquitous occurence. Because of insufficient datas especially for the eastern German region PCP background levels of house dust samples and urines of children o f the city of Leipzig and of the small-towns Hettstedt, Wippra, Roitzsch an d Greppin were determined and compared with existing reference levels. The house dust samples and the urines of the children of Leipzig were lower bur den than the samples of the small-towns. Most of house dust and urine had c oncentrationes in the range of reference area legally for the general popul ation. A correlation of the content of PCP in house dust and urine could no t be established.