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Perfluorinated compounds, a suspected carcinogen, were found present
in the breast milk of 45 nursing mothers in Massachusetts.
Perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, the same chemicals used in the
manufacture of nonstick cookware and stain-resistant fabrics, are
showing up in the breast milk of nursing mothers, according to a new
study by the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This study is the
first to do***ent the presence of PFCs in human breast milk, according
to the researchers.
=93While nursing does not expose infants to a dose that exceeds
recommended limits, breast milk should be considered as an additional
source of PFCs when determining a child=92s total exposure,=94 said
Kathleen Arcaro, a professor in the department of veterinary and
animal sciences at the university. Arcaro is on a team of researchers
who are examining the link between environmental exposures and breast
cancer risk.
The breast milk samples were collected in 2004 from 45 nursing mothers
in Massachusetts and analyzed for nine different PFCs. The highest
concentration of PFCs were perfluorooctane-sulfonate (PFOS), used in
the manufacture of stain-resistant fabrics among other products.
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), used in nonstick cookware, was the
second most highly concentrated PFC. Each liter of breast milk,
roughly equivalent to one quart, contained an average 131 billionths
of a gram of PFOS and 44 billionths of a gram of PFOA.
more: Perfluorinated compounds, a suspected carcinogen, were found
present in the breast milk of 45 nursing mothers in Massachusetts.
Perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, the same chemicals used in the
manufacture of nonstick cookware and stain-resistant fabrics, are
showing up in the breast milk of nursing mothers, according to a new
study by the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This study is the
first to do***ent the presence of PFCs in human breast milk, according
to the researchers.
=93While nursing does not expose infants to a dose that exceeds
recommended limits, breast milk should be considered as an additional
source of PFCs when determining a child=92s total exposure,=94 said
Kathleen Arcaro, a professor in the department of veterinary and
animal sciences at the university. Arcaro is on a team of researchers
who are examining the link between environmental exposures and breast
cancer risk.
The breast milk samples were collected in 2004 from 45 nursing mothers
in Massachusetts and analyzed for nine different PFCs. The highest
concentration of PFCs were perfluorooctane-sulfonate (PFOS), used in
the manufacture of stain-resistant fabrics among other products.
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), used in nonstick cookware, was the
second most highly concentrated PFC. Each liter of breast milk,
roughly equivalent to one quart, contained an average 131 billionths
of a gram of PFOS and 44 billionths of a gram of PFOA.
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