Adverse health effects also have be

Adverse health effects also have been reported in persons exposed to PCBs who had evidence of other contaminants in body fluids. A study of Inuit women from Hudson Bay indicated very high levels of PCBs and dichlorodiphenylethene (DDE) in breast milk (Dewailly et al. 1989); these results prompted an examination of the health status of Inuit newborns (Dewailly et al. 1993a). Correlation analysis revealed
a statistically significant negative association between male birth length and levels of hexachlorobenzene, mirex, PCBs, and chlorinated dibenzodioxins (CDDs)/CDFs in the fat of mothers’ milk. No significant differences were observed between male and female newborns for birth weight, head circumference, or thyroid-stimulating hormone.