Table 2 Distribution of environmental contaminants in the study population (µg/L)

Cord

Chlordecone

369

12%

< LOD

0.07

0.21

0.57

0.38

1.55

29.8

PCB-153

368

30%

< LOD

< LOD

0.06

0.12

0.15

0.48

1.75

pp'-DDE

368

7.4%

< LOD

0.10

0.28

0.67

0.69

2.71

12.5

Lead

391

0%

5.2

10.2

13.3

15.6

18.2

30.7

81.0

Mercury

391

0%

0.8

4.4

6.6

7.3

9.3

15.0

46.1

Cadmium

391

47%

< LOD

< LOD

0.05

0.10

0.11

0.35

0.91

7-years

Chlordecone

442

17%

< LOD

0.02

0.05

0.12

0.11

0.37

7.01

PCB-153

442

8.3%

< LOD

0.03

0.07

0.10

0.12

0.32

1.29

pp'-DDE

442

1.9%

< LOD

0.09

0.19

0.47

0.41

1.40

26.4

Lead

438

0%

7.9

16.3

22.4

23.2

27.4

37.9

213

Mercury

438

0%

0.2

1.0

1.7

2.2

2.80

5.2

19

Cadmium

438

32%

< LOD

< LOD

0.10

0.12

0.18

0.25

0.79