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Pesticide contamination of lactating mothers' milk in Latin America: a systematic review.
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- Health Biomarkers of Pesticide Exposure in Rural Populations of Santa Fe, Argentina: Oxidative Stress and Genotoxicity.Journal of applied toxicology : JAT · 2026Article
- Current-use and legacy pesticides in canal waters of Chiang Mai, Thailand, during longan flowering and fruit set: occurrence and ecological and human health risk assessment.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Children's environmental and occupational exposures to pesticides in low- and middle-income countries rural areas - an elephant in the room.The Science of the total environment · 2025Article
- Staged Construction of Pluripotent Stem Cell Lung Models for Assessing Respiratory Toxicity of Environmental Pollutants.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Review
- Soil and Water Pollution in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic Review of Impacts on Ecosystems and Public Health.Journal of toxicology · 2025Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo identify the prevalence of contamination by pesticides and their metabolites in the milk of lactating mothers in Latin America.
methodsIn this systematic review, the PubMed, LILACS, Embase, and Scopus databases were searched up to January 2022 to identify observational studies. The Mendeley software was used to manage these references. The risk of bias assessment was evaluated according to the checklist for prevalence studies and writing design, by the Prisma guidelines.
resultsThis study retrieved 1835 references and analyzed 49 studies. 69.38% of the analyzed studies found a 100% prevalence of breast milk contamination by pesticides among their sample. Main pesticides include dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its isomers (75.51%), followed by the metabolite dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) (69.38%) and hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) (46.93%). This study categorized most (65.30%) studies as having a low risk of bias.
conclusionsThis review shows a high prevalence of pesticide contamination in the breast milk of Latin American women. Further investigations should be carried out to assess contamination levels in breast milk and the possible effects of these substances on maternal and child health.
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