Dietary uptake of dioxins (PCDD/PCDFs) and dioxin-like PCBs in Spanish aquacultured turbot (Psetta maxima)
Titel:
Dietary uptake of dioxins (PCDD/PCDFs) and dioxin-like PCBs in Spanish aquacultured turbot (Psetta maxima)
Auteur:
Blanco, Sonia Lucia Sobrado, Cristina Quintela, Corina Cabaleiro, Santiago Gonzalez, Jose Carlos Vieites, Juan M.
Verschenen in:
Food additives and contaminants. Pt. A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment
Paginering:
Jaargang 24 (2007) nr. 4 pagina's 421-428
Jaar:
2007-04
Inhoud:
The human population is exposed to dioxins (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dl-PCBs) mainly through diet; bioaccumulation and biomagnification in aquatic environment results in fishery products and by-products being an important vector to humans. The determination of PCDD/Fs and dl-PCBs in fillets of young turbots (Psetta maxima) (0-2 years) from aquaculture plant (Galicia, Spain) (N = 21) and in feeding stuffs were carried out, and dietary accumulation values and lipid-normalized biomagnification factors (BMF) relating concentration in fish and in feed were calculated. Levels found in feeding stuffs (0.5 pg TEQ-PCDD/F/g and 1.6 pg TEQ-dl-PCB/g), and turbots (0.13-0.27 pg TEQ-PCDD/F/g fresh weight and 0.35-1.2 pg TEQ-dl-PCB/g fresh weight) were below maximum permitted levels set by EC. Levels of toxic compounds in feeding stuff are reflected in fish fillets; predominant isomers are 2,3,7,8-TCDF, OCDD, 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF, 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF and 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD, and PCBs 118, 105, 156 and 167. Relevant compounds accounting for total toxicity are the same congeners in feeding stuff and turbots: 2,3,4,7,8- PeCDF; 2,3,7,8-TCDF; 2,3,7,8-TCDD and 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD, and PCB 126. Higher accumulation efficiency values were obtained for dl-PCBs (30-46%); tetra- and penta-chloro substituted PCDD/Fs showed the highest values (27-34%) of the PCDD/F group. Biomagnification was shown for these compounds (BMF around 1.5).