Xu, Chenye and Yin, Shanshan and Tang, Mengling and Liu, Kai and Yang, Fangxin and Liu, Weiping (2017) Environmental exposure to DDT and its metabolites in cord serum: Distribution, enantiomeric patterns, and effects on infant birth outcomes. Science of the Total Environment, 580 . pp. 491-498. ISSN 0048-9697. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.196. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170103-131844353
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Abstract
Previous in vivo studies have suggested that prenatal exposure to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is endocrine disrupting, and may cause adverse health risks to newborns. In this cross-sectional study, non-invasive cord serum samples were collected from maternal-neonate pairs of an island population. Concentrations of DDT and its metabolites were analyzed to provide insights into the environmental exposure patterns and to elucidate their effects on birth outcomes. The average concentrations of p,p’-DDE, o,p’-DDD, p,p’-DDD, o,p’-DDT, p,p’-DDT and total DDTs were 0.463, 0.293, 0.089, 0.098, 0.441 and 1.384 μg g^(− 1) lipid weight, respectively. Several maternal characteristics were identified as influencing factors on the environmental exposure distribution. The isomer ratios of individual components and the enantiomeric patterns of o,p’-DDD and o,p’-DDT indicated that historical technical DDT remains the predominant exposure source, though new sources of dicofol-type of DDT pollution must not be ignored. Using multivariable linear regression, increasing p,p’-DDD and p,p’-DDT levels were found to be significantly associated with an increase in neonatal birth weight, which deserves additional attention to obesity risks. No other birth outcome was found to be significant regarding DDT exposure. These findings raise the awareness of the prenatal risk of DDT and its metabolites among infants in contaminated areas.
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Additional Information: | © 2016 Elsevier B.V. Received 25 October 2016, Revised 27 November 2016, Accepted 27 November 2016, Available online 15 December 2016. | ||||||||||
Subject Keywords: | DDT; Environmental exposure; Cord serum; Enantiomeric patterns; Birth outcomes | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.196 | ||||||||||
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Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170103-131844353 | ||||||||||
Official Citation: | Chenye Xu, Shanshan Yin, Mengling Tang, Kai Liu, Fangxin Yang, Weiping Liu, Environmental exposure to DDT and its metabolites in cord serum: Distribution, enantiomeric patterns, and effects on infant birth outcomes, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 580, 15 February 2017, Pages 491-498, ISSN 0048-9697, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.196. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969716326626) | ||||||||||
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Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||||||
Deposited On: | 03 Jan 2017 21:29 | ||||||||||
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