PCDDs/PCDFs and coplanar PCBs in eels (Anguilla anguilla) from different areas of the rivers Havel and Oder in the state of Brandenburg (Germany)

Because the eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a proven bioaccumulator of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDD), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), it was used to investigate the spatial pattern of these substances along the Oder and Havel rivers in Branden...

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Published in:Chemosphere (Oxford) 1998-01, Vol.38 (2), p.325-334
Main Authors: Wiesmuller, T, Schlatterer, B
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Because the eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a proven bioaccumulator of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDD), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), it was used to investigate the spatial pattern of these substances along the Oder and Havel rivers in Brandenburg. Forty-nine captured eels were analysed for PCDD/PCDF and coplanar PCB. The contribution of PCDD and PCDF to 2,3,7,8-TCDD equivalents was estimated to be between 1.8 and 15.2 pg per g of fat. The contribution from coplanar PCB was estimated at between 2.4 and 170.5 pg per g fat. A daily consumption of 20 g of eel caught in either river would exceed a daily intake of 1 pg per kg per d at least due to the contribution from coplanar PCB. Higher levels of contamination were evident in sampling locations situated in the more industrialized or urbanized sites.
ISSN:0045-6535