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. 2002 Mar;46(9-10):1485-9.
doi: 10.1016/s0045-6535(01)00255-7.

Triclosan, a commonly used bactericide found in human milk and in the aquatic environment in Sweden

Margaretha Adolfsson-Erici  1 , Maria Pettersson, Jari Parkkonen, Joachim Sturve
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Triclosan, a commonly used bactericide found in human milk and in the aquatic environment in Sweden

Margaretha Adolfsson-Erici et al. Chemosphere. 2002 Mar.

Abstract

High levels of the commonly used, effective bactericide Triclosan was found in three out of five randomly selected human milk samples. It was also found in the bile of fish exposed to municipal wastewater and in wild living fish from the receiving waters of the three wastewater treatment plants.

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