Table 4.
Concentrations of total Triclosan in human bodily fluids, compiled from the literature.
| Sample | Reported mean concentration
|
Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| μg/L (urine) or ng/g (serum and milk) | nM | ||
| Urine—United States | |||
| Female | 10.6 | 36.6 | (Calafat et al., 2008) |
| Male | 16.2 | 56.0 | |
| Serum—Australia | |||
| Female 2002 | 14 | 48.4 | (Allmyr et al., 2008) |
| Female 2004 | 7.2 | 24.9 | |
| Male 2004 | 12 | 41.5 | |
| Serum—Sweden | |||
| Control female | 0.07 | 0.25 | (Allmyr et al., 2006b) |
| Exposed female | 16 | 55.3 | |
| Breast milk—Sweden | |||
| Control female | 0.02 | 0.07 | (Allmyr et al., 2006b) |
| Exposed female | 0.54 | 1.87 | |