Results of the 2016-2019 Human Milk Survey on Persistent Organic Pollutants

This report presents the findings of the survey on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in human milk coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) from 2016-2019. This survey is part of the Global Environment Facility-funded UNEP POPs Global Monitoring Plan project in the Africa, Asia, The Pacific Islands and Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) regions. 36 project countries including 15 in Africa, 4 in Asia, 8 in the Pacific Islands and 9 in GRULAC submitted samples to this survey. Seven self-funded countries from other UN regions participated in this survey on a voluntary basis.