Abstract
Individual congener and total PCB concentrations were determined in serum and follicular fluid obtained from women undergoing assisted reproductive technologies (in-vitro fertilization and embryo replacement). Although the mean individual PCB levels revealed varying degrees of contamination, the results fall in the same range as that observed by other investigators. Except for PCB 118, correlations between levels in serum and follicular fluid were strong, and statistically significant at p < 0.05. Moreover PCB 153, a major and very stable PCB congener has been shown to correlate to the total amount of PCBs ( r = 0.994, and r = 0.987, for serum and follicular fluid, respectively). The same accumulation patterns of PCBs for serum and follicular fluid have been observed.
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