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All Humans Have at Least One Type of Pesticide in Their Body: Study
It was also discovered that women and older people had a higher amount of pesticides, fungicides and insecticides present in the body, as compared to men and younger people respectively.
The POCs are substances internationally classified as potentially harmful to ones health, and enter the human body through food, water or even air and get accumulated in the adipose tissue.
The study led by Juan Pedro Arrebola Moreno, calculated the level of contamination of some POCs in people from two areas, an urban one and a semi-rural one, in order to discover factors linked to such levels: diet, lifestyle, activities or residence.
387 adults, from both sexes, volunteered for surgeries in hospitals taking part in the study. After their consent, the researchers took a sample of their adipose tissue in the surgery and later the volunteers were made to appear for a questionnaire about their place of residence, lifestyle, eating habits and activities throughout their life.
After analyzing the samples, the scientists measured 6 different POC concentration levels: DDE, a principal metabolite in DDT (a pesticide used in Spain until the 80īs); hexachlorobenzene, a compound used as fungicide and currently released by industrial processes; PCBs: compounds related to industrial processes; and Hexaclorociclohexano, used as an insecticide and presently used in scabies and pediculosis treatment.
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