Eroglu, KafiyeDas, Yavuz KursadGolbasi, ZehraSimsek, ZeynepKoruk, FatmaAtmaca, Enes2024-07-182024-07-1820181076-27521536-5948https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001362https://hdl.handle.net/11411/7641Objective: This retrospective descriptive study aimed to investigate organochlorine compounds in women who breastfeed and work as a seasonal agricultural worker (SAW). Methods: It was carried out on 100 woman working as SAW. Data were collected with a questionnaire by face-to-face interview and analyzed the residues of 27 items of organochlorine pesticides, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) metabolites and polychlorinated biphenyls, from persistent organic pollutants in mothers' 50mL breast milk. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and correlation analysis were used to evaluate data. Results: Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) 28 component was determined in almost all women's milk and more than half of collected milk contained beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), PCB52, pp'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), PCB70, pp'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) ve Gamma HCH, respectively. Conclusion: It was recommended that necessary legal regulations and public information policy about that subject should exist.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBreast FeedingEnvironmental EpidemiologyMaternal HealthOccupational HealthToxicologyOrganochlorine PesticidesPolychlorinated-BiphenylsContaminationHealthCongenersExposureMothersFishArticle2-s2.0-8505674549810.1097/JOM.0000000000001362866929851746Q286060Q3WOS:000446585900028