Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the Australian population: Levels in human milk

This study arose out of the 2002 Review of the PCB Management Plan by the Scheduled Waste\ud Management Network (SWMN) and the National Advisory Body (NAB).\ud \ud The Review indicated it would be beneficial to obtain some data on the levels of organochlorine\ud pesticides (OCPs) in the Australian population. In 2002, the Environment Protection and\ud Heritage Standing Committee (EPHSC) agreed and noted that the Australian Government\ud Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH) would commission a study using the\ud same samples from the National Dioxins Program (NDP) breast milk study collected in 2002-\ud 03. The study, however, was also broadened to include polybrominated diphenyl ethers\ud (PBDEs)