Growth and development of permanent teeth germ of transplacental Yu-Cheng babies in Taiwan

Journal Article · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701638· OSTI ID:7104553

Lan, Shoujen; Yen, Yeayin; Ko, Yingchin; Chen, Engrin ^[1]

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1. School of Public Health of Kaohsiung Medical College, Kaohsiung City (Taiwan)

This paper is intended to present a study of transplacental Yu-Cheng babies in Taiwan. The focus of the study is to demonstrate how a contaminated food source can affect the growth and development of permanent teeth germ in children. A sporadic outbreak of a peculiar skin disease was reported in Japan in October of 1968. An epidemiological study revealed the outbreak of this disease was caused by contaminated Kanemi rice oil. This episode of rice oil poisoned with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) was the first reported outbreak of PCB poisoning in the world. A second episode occurred in central Taiwan eleven years after the Japanese episode. Registered data from the Taiwan Provincial Government Health Department reported 1,843 cases in 1980. Of this group, more than 800 women were child-bearing age and most of these women would or soon would be married and pregnant. The offsprings of these women were in danger, because it has been proven that PCB intoxication could affect the fetus. These babies, only contaminated through the placenta, are called PCB transplacental Yusho babies in Japan and PCB transplacental Yu-Cheng babies in Taiwan. Babies with PCB poisoning could have Fetal PCB syndrome (FPS) and may have retarded eruption of permanent teeth and other anomalies such as reduced numbers of teeth and abnormal shaped roots. The study of transplacental Yu-Cheng babies is an important public health issue for Taiwan. Although there may be other issues, this study focuses only on the growth and development of permanent teeth of those babies affected by PCB transplacental contamination.

• OSTI ID: 7104553
• Journal Information: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA), Journal Name: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA) Vol. 42:6; ISSN 0007-4861; ISSN BECTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AGE GROUPS
AROMATICS
ASIA
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHILDREN
CONTAMINATION
DENTISTRY
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
FETAL MEMBRANES
FOOD
HYDROCARBONS
INFANTS
ISLANDS
MEDICINE
MEMBRANES
ONTOGENESIS
ORAL CAVITY
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLACENTA
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
PREGNANCY
PUBLIC HEALTH
TAIWAN
TEETH