Endocrine-disrupting organochlorine xenobiotics in fish products imported from Asia—an assessment of human health risk

The sources of endocrine-disrupting persistent organochlorine compounds (OC) are environmental pollutants. Contaminated food is a direct result of environmental pollution, and fish are considered as the main source of OC in the human diet. This study aimed to analyze the contamination of imported fi...

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Published in:Environmental monitoring and assessment 2021-03, Vol.193 (3), p.132, Article 132
Main Authors: Witczak, Agata, Harada, Daiki, Aftyka, Aleksandra, Cybulski, Jacek
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Asia
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Biphenyl
Chlorine compounds
Congeners
Disruption
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Endocrine disruptors
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Pollutants - analysis
Environmental pollution
Environmental science
Fillets
Fish
Fish fillets
Fish Products - analysis
Fishery products
Food contamination
Food Contamination - analysis
Gas chromatography
Health risks
Humans
Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated - analysis
Liquid-liquid extraction
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectroscopy
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Organic compounds
Organochlorine compounds
Organochlorine pesticides
PCB
Pesticides
Pesticides - analysis
Poland
Pollutants
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Polychlorinated Biphenyls - analysis
Quotients
Risk analysis
Risk Assessment
Risk factors
Seafoods
Solvent extraction
Toxicity tests
Weekly
Xenobiotics
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Summary:The sources of endocrine-disrupting persistent organochlorine compounds (OC) are environmental pollutants. Contaminated food is a direct result of environmental pollution, and fish are considered as the main source of OC in the human diet. This study aimed to analyze the contamination of imported fish fillets with organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners in the context of potential health risks of consumers in Poland in the light of the new tolerable weekly intake (TWI) values. The tested compounds in fish products were determined by liquid-liquid extraction and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GS-MS) method. Despite the detection of almost all pesticides analyzed in the fish fillets tested, the risk factor (hazard quotient) was significantly lower than 1.0, ranging from 0.003 to 0.013. Considering the previous recommended TWI value (14 pg-TEQ/kg bw/week), the estimated weekly intake was lower at 43–53% of TWI. However, according to the new TWI values set by the EFSA in 2018, the estimated weekly intake was about three times higher than the TWI. This raises concerns regarding threats to consumer health. Graphical abstract
ISSN:0167-6369
1573-2959
DOI:10.1007/s10661-021-08914-5