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This study investigates the relationship between spontaneous abortion and blood pesticide and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) levels. A survey was conducted, and blood samples were collected from 200 patients, consisting of 100 cases with spontaneous abortion and 100 cases with normal deliveries. A total of 150 different pesticides, including organophosphates, organochlorines, carbamates, and pyrethroids, were screened in the collected blood samples and analyzed quantitatively using Tandem mass spectrometry\u2014specifically in combination with liquid chromatography and gas chromatography\u2013tandem mass spectrometry methods. Eight types of PCBs were analyzed with the gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method. The groups were compared based on these analyses. The mean age of the participants was 28.09 \u00b1 4.94 years. In 59% of the spontaneous abortion group, 5.05 \u00b1 1.97 chemicals were detected in different amounts. (p &lt; 0.05). Analysis of the samples identified the presence of \u03b2-Hexachlorocyclohexane (\u03b2-HCH), delta-hexachlorocyclohexane (\u03b4 HCH), Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), Pentachlorobiphenyl-28 (PCB-28), Pentachlorobiphenyl-52 (PCB-52), o,p\u2032-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (o,p\u2032-DDE), p,p\u2032-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p\u2019DDE), o,p\u2032-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (o,p\u2032-DDD), p,p\u2032-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (p,p\u2032-DDD), Pentachlorobiphenyl-118 (PCB-118), Pentachlorobiphenyl-101 (PCB-101), Pentachlorobiphenyl-153 (PCB-153), Pentachlorobiphenyl-138 (PCB-138), Pentachlorobiphenyl-202 (PCB-202), Pentachlorobiphenyl-180 (PCB-180) as well as Fibronil, Buprimate, Acetoclor, Acemiprid, Pentimanthalin, and Triflokystrobin. The spontaneous abortion group had significantly higher exposure to PCB-101, PCB-52, PCB-138, and \u03b4-HCH (p &lt; 0.05). Women included in the study had high pesticide and PCB exposure rates. 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