ABSTRACT
Chlordecone, Risk Assessment, and Dietary Recommendations ................. 164 12.2.1 Context .............................................................................................. 164 12.2.2 Data ................................................................................................... 164 12.2.3 Different Management Options Studied ........................................... 165 12.2.4 Summary .......................................................................................... 167
12.3 Extension of Food Exposure to the Whole West Indian Population and Risk Assessment .................................................................................... 167 12.3.1 Material and Methods ....................................................................... 167 12.3.2 Results and Discussion ..................................................................... 170
12.4 Dietary Exposure of 18-Month-Old Guadeloupean Toddlers to Chlordecone (“Timoun” Cohort Study) ........................................................ 171 12.4.1 Context .............................................................................................. 171 12.4.2 Data ................................................................................................... 171
12.4.2.1 Consumption and Contamination Data.............................. 171 12.4.2.2 Estimation of Food Contamination Levels ........................ 172 12.4.2.3 Exposure Assessment......................................................... 172 12.4.2.4 Results ................................................................................ 172
12.4.3 Summary .......................................................................................... 173 12.5 Kannari: A Study on Health, Nutrition, and Chlordecone Exposure
in the French West Indies (2011-2016) ......................................................... 173 12.5.1 Context .............................................................................................. 173
12.5.1.1 Organization and Partners ................................................. 173 12.5.1.2 Objectives of the “Exposure” Part ..................................... 173
This chapter describes development of knowledge concerning the West Indian population’s food exposure to chlordecone and the associated risk assessment since the early 2000s. It is divided into four parts, corresponding to the successive studies carried out by the French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA) until 2010 and by the French Agency for Food, Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) since then. The studies include the general population (adults, toddlers, and children) in two French overseas departments: Martinique and Guadeloupe. It also briey describes the management measures set up by the French public administration to take into account the results and recommendations of these successive studies.
