Table 3

Concentrations of organochlorine residues in breast adipose tissue adjacent to a malignant lesion

Compound

Frequency (%)

Geometric mean (95% confidence interval)

Range (ppb)

p,p'-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene

100

541.9 (398.3–737.3)

20–4,794

Hexachlorobenzene

87.3

33.9 (22.2–51.6)

BDL-252

β-Hexachlorocyclohexane

74.5

81.7 (43.1–154.8)

BDL-1,780

Heptachlor epoxide

36.4

5.5 (3.8–7.9)

BDL-222.0

Oxychlordane

32.7

6.5 (4.0–10.5)

BDL-622.0

Heptachlor

21.8

2.8 (2.3–3.4)

BDL-24

p,p'-Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

5.5

2.5 (1.9–3.1)

BDL-159

o,p'-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene

1.8

2.2 (1.8–2.6)

BDL-255

Dieldrin

1.8

2.1 (1.9–2.3)

BDL-34

Total polychlorinated biphenyls

1.8

2.1 (1.9–2.4)

BDL-81

Total organochlorines

100

885.3 (646.6–1,212.1)

20.0–5,861

BDL, below detection limit.

Muñoz-de-Toro et al. Breast Cancer Research 2006 8:R47   doi:10.1186/bcr1534