Wild boar (Sus scrofa) as a bioindicator of organochlorine compound contamination in terrestrial ecosystems of West Pomerania Province, NW Poland

The aim of this study was to detect the presence and determine the residue levels of DDT, lindane, endrin and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the liver of wild boars from the area of West Pomerania, NW Poland; to determine the activity of glutathione S-transferase (GST) as a biomarker of biologi...

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Published in:Environmental monitoring and assessment 2014, Vol.186 (1), p.229-238
Main Authors: Tomza-Marciniak, Agnieszka, Marciniak, Andrzej, Pilarczyk, Bogumiła, Drozd, Radosław, Ligocki, Marek, Prokulewicz, Agnieszka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Animals
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Biomarkers
Biomarkers - metabolism
Chromatography
Dioxins
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Ecosystems
Ecotoxicology
Endrin
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental monitoring
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Female
Food chains
Food contamination & poisoning
Glutathione Transferase - metabolism
Hogs
Human exposure
Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated - metabolism
Lindane
Lipids
Liver
Male
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Organic compounds
Organochlorine compounds
PCB
Pesticide residues
Pesticides
Poland
Pollutants
Pollution
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Polychlorinated Biphenyls - metabolism
Studies
Sus scrofa
Sus scrofa - metabolism
Swine
Terrestrial ecosystems
Urban areas
Wildlife
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Summary:The aim of this study was to detect the presence and determine the residue levels of DDT, lindane, endrin and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the liver of wild boars from the area of West Pomerania, NW Poland; to determine the activity of glutathione S-transferase (GST) as a biomarker of biological response and to assess the toxicological risk for consumers of the wild boar offal. The presence of pesticide residues and PCBs was found in all examined liver samples. The highest concentration was observed for endrin, and then, the descending order was PCBs >DDTs >lindane >dl-PCBs. The mean hepatic concentrations of endrin, PCBs, DDTs and lindane were 117.28, 78.59, 67.95 and 7.24 ng/g lipid weight, respectively. Among the dioxin-like PCB congeners, 118 and 156 were dominant in liver samples. The mean toxic equivalent (TEQ) level calculated for dl-PCBs was 2.10 ± 1.11 pg WHO-PCB-TEQ/g. There was a statistically significant ( p  
ISSN:0167-6369
1573-2959
DOI:10.1007/s10661-013-3368-z