Investigated the kinds and levels of pestisids found in mother milk in Afyonkarahisar region

INTRODUCTION: We investigated the kinds and levels of pestisids found in mother milk in Afyonkarahisar region. We also determined the association of some factors related to mother; age of mother, the number of gestations, the place of living, economical status, the breast feeding period of previous gestation, the body mass index of mother, the status of feeding and smoking and also some factors related to the baby; gender, birth weight, the way of labour and the gestation week to the pestisids found in mother milk.MATERIAL AND METHODS: Eighty milk samples acquired from the mothers who were healthy and newly delivered a baby were studied. Before taking milk sample the mothers were informed about the study and also wanted to fill a questionare form about the baby and herself. Twenty four kinds of peptisids widely used in our country were analysed.RESULTS: At the end of the analysis, the most common peptisids found in mother milk in Afyonkarahisar region were 4.4 DDE in 77 samples (96%), gamma HCH in 68 samples (85%), hexachlorobenzen in 51 samples (63%), 4.4 DDD in 50 samples (62%), beta HCH in 41 samples (51%). If we calculate the mean levels of peptisids in mother milk, the highest levels were beta-HCH (218,46 ng/g lw), Chloraxynil (139,67 ng/g lw) and 4.4 DDE (55,99 ng/g lw), and the lowest levels were ?-HCH (0,26 ng/g lw), Hexachlorobenzen (0,43 ng/g lw) and Dieldrin (0,43 ng/g lw).In our study, age of the mother, number of the births, variation of the body mass index, level of the monthly income and gender of the baby were seen not effective on pestisid levels found in mother milk.The levels of dieldrin, aldrin and 4?,4? DDT were found statistically lower in mother milk whose belonged to the women had babies after than 38 gestational weeks. 4?,4?-DDT was found higher in mothers had cesarean sections. Delta-HCH and heptaclor-endo-epoxide (trans-isomer) were determined statistically high in working mothers? milk. Hexaclorobenzen (HCB) was high in not smiking mothers, but heptaclor-endo-epoxide (trans-isomer) and beta-endosulfan were statistically high in smoking mothers. If the mother had eaten some kinds of bean, we found statitically higher level of ?-HCH than mothers who had not eaten beans.CONCLUSION: The most common seen pestisid in mother milk was determined 4.4 DDE in Afyonkarahisar region. According to most of the studies in our country and worldwide, the DDT was seen the most common peptisid in mother milk. Some peptisids found in mother milk are influenced by environment and personal features of baby and mother. We thought that the reason of this influence was epidemiological features and the role of personal metabolism. Because of not getting any data from Afyonkarahisar Agriculture Directorship about what kinds of pestisid used in which regions, it is impossible to make good interpretation about this subject.