AMAP Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1997-2001
German reference
limit for breast milk
samples
Number of
samples
exceeding this
limit
Percentage of
samples
exceeding the limit
b-HCH
0.1 µg/g lipid
3
0.6%
HCB
0.3 µg/g lipid
0
0%
PCB-138
0.3 µg/g lipid
2
0.4%
PCB-153
0.3 µg/g lipid
228
45.6%
PCB-180
0.2 µg/g lipid
182
36.4%
Sum PCB* 1.2 µg/g lipid
209
41.8%
Sum DDT +
DDE
0.9 µg/g lipid
2
0.4%
Musk xylene 0.33 µg/g lipid
0
0%
* : 1.64 x (PCB138 + PCB 153 + PCB 180) to compare with German summation of a limited number of
congeners
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