Gundacker, Pietschnig, Wittmann & Lischka 2000
Gundacker, Pietschnig, Wittmann & Lischka 2000
GUNDACKER C., B. PIETSCHNIG, K.J. WITTMANN & A. LISCHKA, 2000: Human milk mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) levels in Vienna. In: Berthold KOLETZKO et al. (eds.): Short and long term effects of breast feeding on child health. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 478: 387-388.
https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46830-1_40
For Hg we found significantly higher levels in human milk than in infant formulas, depending on maternal nutrition. For Pb the human milk and infant formula concentrations are in the same rarnge. Austrian levels decreased since 1981. Thus, there is no risk for the baby of a healthy mother.
mercury load; lead load; toxicology; Pb; Hg; trace metals; heavy metals; human milk
Homo sapiens; Pisces