Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a class of non-polar toxic chemical compounds consisting of 209 congeners of which only about 130 have been identified in commercial products (Berg et al., 2017). PCBs are used in industrial applications such as hydraulic fluids, lubricants, inks, plasticizers, agrochemicals, etc. from which they leak into soil, surface and underground water (Cappelletti et al., 2015). Discharge of industrial waste into water bodies, and incineration are predominant sources of PCBs in Nigeria (Wang, 2002; Okoh, 2015). Waste management in Epe, Nigeria include land filling, dumping site, and open incineration. These methods are liable to contaminate underground and surface water bodies, thereby gaining access to the aquatic food chain where they are biomagnified up the ARTICLE INFO