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- Title
PCBs and Organochlorine Pesticides in Ducks of Fereydoon-kenar Wildlife Refuge in Iran.
- Authors
Rajaei, Fateme; Bahramifar, Nader; Sari, Abbas Esmaili; Ghasempouri, Seyed Mahmoud
- Abstract
Levels of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and PCB were determined in three duck species: Pintail ( Anas acuta), Common Teal ( Anas creaca), and Mallard ( Anas platyhynchos). Both persistent organochlorines were more abundant in muscle than in the liver; Mallard had the highest levels of PCBs [84.0 ± 39.0 ng/g wet weight (ww)], and Common Teal showed the highest levels of DDTs (561.0 ± 220.0 ng/g ww). This exposure level is more than two orders of magnitude below provisional tolerable daily intake (PTDI) (0.01 mg/kg bw for DDT and its associated compounds) of The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
- Subjects
PESTICIDE research; ORGANOCHLORINE compounds; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of DDT; ANIMAL species; NORTHERN pintail; MALLARD; FOOD &; Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; WORLD Health Organization
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 2010, Vol 84, Issue 5, p577
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00128-010-9988-x