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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Reprod Toxicol. 2014 Nov 22;54:120–128. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2014.11.006

Table 1. Percent of Samples with Detectable Total Concentrations of Phenols and Parabens.

Compound Milk Urine Serum

LOD V1+V2 LOD Visit 1 Visit 2 LOD Visit 1 Visit 2
(μg/L) % (μg/L) % % (μg/L) % %
Butyl Paraben 0.1 0 0.2 81 83 0.2 9 17
Ethyl Paraben 0.1 50 1.0 73 53 0.1 38 37
Methyl Paraben 0.1 100 1.0 100 100 0.1 100 97
Propyl Paraben 0.1 100 0.2 97 100 0.2 56 80
2,4-Dichlorophenol 0.16 11 0.17 85 83 NM NM NM
2,5-Dichlorophenol 0.42 0 0.12 85 93 NM NM NM
Benzophenone-3 0.51 56 0.34 67 80 0.5 17 27
Bisphenol A 0.28 89 0.36 91 80 0.3 3 10
Triclosan 1.5 38 2.27 85 87 1.1 3 3

‘Total’ concentrations refer to the sum of the free plus conjugated species. LOD = limit of detection; NM=not measured (due to very low detects in milk). Milk: n=9 women; 10 samples.

Visits denoted by visit 1 (V1) and visit 2 (V2). Urine V1: n=33, V2: n=30. Serum V1: n=34, V2: n=30.