Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0269 |
| Title: | Neurological condition in 18-month-old children perinatally exposed polychlorinated biphenyls and |
| Author(s): | Huisman M, Koopman-Esseboom C, et al. |
| Reference: | Early Human Development 1995;43:165- |
| Place of Study: | No place of study mentioned for this entry |
| Abstract: | This study is based on the neurological development of 418 children at the age of 18 months. Half of the infants were breastfed ( at least 6 months ) and the other half was formula fed. PCBs concentrations in cord and maternal plasma were used as a measure of prenatal exposure. To evaluate postnatal exposure, PCBs and dioxins were measured in human milk and in formula milk ( in formula milk it was “below detection limit”). It appeared that exposure to PCBs during fetal life had a negative influence on the neurological condition at 18 months. No negative effects of exposure to PCBs and dioxins through breast milk could be detected. On the contrary breast milk had a significant positive effect on the fluency of movements. Because the milk of a mother feeding her first baby is supposed to contain more contaminants than the milk of the others, it is worth noticing that the first born children had the highest scores |
| Keyword(s): | dioxins, intellectual development, intrauterine pollution, milk pollution, neuro-development, PCBs, psychomotor development |
| Discussion: | Intra uterine pollution appears as a more serious threat than milk pollution. |
| See Also: | No related entries mentioned for this entry |
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