Determination of Organochlorine Pesticides Residues in Human Adipose Tissue, Data from Cukurova, Turkey

• DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-0057-2
• Publication Date: 2010-06-28T01:10:56Z
• Authors: Nebile Daglioglu; Mete K. Gulmen; Ramazan Akcan; Pınar Efeoglu; Fadile Yener; İlker Ünal
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Canada; Chromatography, Gas; Subcutaneous adipose tissue; Adolescent; Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene; India; Cukurova region; 01 natural sciences; Body Mass Index; DDT; Cadaver; Hexachlorobenzene; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; Humans; Cities; Aged; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences; Organochlorine pesticide; Gas chromatography; Age Factors; Environmental Exposure; 3. Good health; Europe; Adipose Tissue; Female

We determined and compared the levels of BHC and DDT isomers and metabolites and HCB in the adipose tissue of 82 cases of autopsies performed at the Morgue Department of Adana Branch of the Council of Forensic Medicine. The relationships between the age, gender, and body mass indexes of cases, and the accumulation of OCs residues were also investigated. Detectable concentrations of p,p'-DDE were found in 100% of adipose tissue samples. Concentrations of OCs in female adipose tissues were significantly higher than male adipose tissues (p < 0.05). The presented work is highly significant, being the first study pointing out the chronic exposure to organochlorine pesticides in Cukurova region.