Research Article
Human Elimination of Organochlorine Pesticides: Blood, Urine, and Sweat Study
Table 5
Percentage of individuals with detection of organochlorine pesticides within serum, sweat, and urine (
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| | | Serum | Sweat | Urine |
| | 4,4′-DDT | 10 | 70 | 15 | | 4,4′-DDE | 95 | 70 | 0 | | 4,4′-DDD | 0 | 65 | 35 | | Methoxychlor | 0 | 80 | 15 | | Endosulfan I | 5 | 5 | 65 | | Endosulfan sulfate | 0 | 85 | 10 | | Endrin | 0 | 50 | 5 | | Aldrin | 10 | 25 | 10 | | Dieldrin | 0 | 15 | 10 | | trans-nonachlor | 0 | 5 | 0 | | BHC (hexachlorobenzene) | 30 | 5 | 0 | | α-BHC | 10 | 0 | 0 | | β-BHC | 15 | 0 | 0 | | δ-BHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | | γ-BHC | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Endosulfan II | 10 | 10 | 5 | | Endrin ketone | 35 | 5 | 0 | | Endrin aldehyde | 5 | 0 | 5 | | Heptachlor epoxide | 5 | 0 | 15 | | Heptachlor | 40 | 5 | 0 | | cis-chlordane | 5 | 5 | 0 | | trans-chlordane | 10 | 15 | 10 | | Mirex | 5 | 15 | 15 |
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