Human Biomonitoring of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs in Women Living in a Southern Italy Hotspot Area.

ABSTRACT: Taranto is the main harbor in Southern Italy and one of the most industrialized cities in the country, largely due to the presence of a large industrial area that includes a major oil refinery, a cement plant, and the former ILVA steel factory, which is one of the largest steel plants in Europe. A human biomonitoring study was conducted on breast milk from two groups of women residing in areas with different levels of exposure to polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorodibenzofurans (PCDFs), and polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs). The study aimed to assess the differences in exposure between the two groups of general people, with one group classified as "exposed" and the other as "non-exposed". Between 2015 and 2018, 150 breast milk samples were collected: 76 from the exposed group a

SUBMITTER: Miniero R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12473570 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature