Occurrence of organochlorine pesticides in indoor dust

Elvira Bräuner, Philipp Mayer, Lars Gunnarsen, Katrin Vorkamp, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

495 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Organochlorine pesticides are present in the environment and suspected of causing serious health effects. Diet has been the main exposure source, but indoor source release is gaining focus. Within a monitoring study of polychlorinated biphenyls of Danish buildings built during the 1960s and 1970s, we coincidently determined extreme levels of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) levels in two of ten random samples. This raises concern and further large scale investigations are warranted to confirm this.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Environmental Monitoring
Volume13
Pages (from-to)522-26
Number of pages5
ISSN1464-0325
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jan 2011
Externally publishedYes

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Occurrence of organochlorine pesticides in indoor dust'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this