Persistent organic pollutant levels in semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.), feed, lichen, blood, milk, placenta, foetus and calf

Holma-Suutari, A.; Ruokojärvi, Päivi; Laaksonen, Sauli; Kiviranta, Hannu; Nieminen, Mauri; Viluksela, Matti; Hallikainen, Anja

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.109

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“…2 WHO-PCDD/F- and WHO-PCB-TEQs in reindeer liver samples from Finnish Lapland and Kola Peninsula in Russia. *[ 13 ], **[ 29 ] …”

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“…These contaminants can cause severe health effects in humans and wildlife. Wild terrestrial animals, such as moose ( Alces alces ) and semi-domesticated reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus tarandus ), are known to accumulate environmental contaminants effectively, because their diet consists of plants from natural pastures contaminated due to long-range transport of atmospheric emissions [ 13 ]. Based on the studies on the other species (for e.g.…”

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Biomonitoring of selected persistent organic pollutants (PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PBDEs) in Finnish and Russian terrestrial and aquatic animal species

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BackgroundThe Finnish and Russian animal species (semi-domesticated reindeer, Finnish wild moose, Baltic grey seal and Baltic herring) samples were biomonitored in terrestrial and aquatic environments for polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs).ResultsGrey seal (Halichoerus grypus) was clearly the most contaminated species. The mean PBDE concentration in grey seal was 115 ng/g fat, and the highest WHO-PCDD/F-PCB-TEQ (toxic equivalent set by WHO) was 327 pg/g fat. In Finnish, reindeer WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ varied from 0.92 pg/g fat in muscle to 90.8 pg/g fat in liver. WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ in moose liver samples was in the range of 0.7–4.26 pg/g fat, and WHO-PCB-TEQ in the range of 0.42–3.34 pg/g fat. Overall moose had clearly lower PCDD/F and DL-PCB concentrations in their liver than reindeer.ConclusionsTerrestrial animals generally had low POP concentrations, but in reindeer liver dioxin levels were quite high. All Finnish and Russian reindeer liver samples exceeded the EU maximum level [8] for PCDD/Fs (10 pg/g fat), which is currently set for bovine animals.

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“…2 WHO-PCDD/F- and WHO-PCB-TEQs in reindeer liver samples from Finnish Lapland and Kola Peninsula in Russia. *[ 13 ], **[ 29 ] …”

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Biomonitoring of selected persistent organic pollutants (PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PBDEs) in Finnish and Russian terrestrial and aquatic animal species

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“…No previous studies have calculated the E/C ratio to evaluate the accumulations of PCDDs, PCDFs or PCBs in lichens; thus, it is not possible to compare our results with those of other studies. Previous studies (Garty et al 1982;Cabrerizo et al 2012;Holma-Suutari et al 2014;Augusto et al 2013Augusto et al , 2015 have demonstrated that lichens are able to bioaccumulate airborne concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs; however, these experiments were almost always performed using native lichens or lichens transplanted for a long period of exposure. Besides, no study reported a ''multi-tracers'' approach with the simultaneous determination of PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs.…”

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“…Besides, recent studies (Cabrerizo et al 2012;Holma-Suutari et al 2014;Augusto et al 2015) have demonstrated that various species of lichens can be used as effective tools for the biomonitoring of airborne contamination related to PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs. However, to our knowledge, no studies to date have used the transplantation technique to simultaneously evaluate the air concentrations of compounds belonging to PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs.…”

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Transplanted Lichen Pseudovernia furfuracea as a Multi-Tracer Monitoring Tool Near a Solid Waste Incinerator in Italy: Assessment of Airborne Incinerator-Related Pollutants

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Owczarek

Fantozzi

et al. 2015

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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The ability of a transplanted lichen, Pseudovernia (P.) furfuracea, to act as a multi-tracer biomonitoring tool for As, Cd, Ni, Pb, 12 PAHs, 17 polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and 27 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) was evaluated at six areas of varying risk (high, medium, negligible) of pollutant fallout from a municipal waste incinerator in central Italy. Transplanted P. furfuracea proved to be an useful tool to biomonitor PCDDs/Fs and PCBs. Concentrations of As, heavy metals, PAHs, PCDDs/Fs resulted similar for all monitored stations. Small differences in total PCBs (4378 and 4631 pg/g dw vs 3298, 4123, 3676 and 4022 pg/g dw) and dioxin-like PCBs (1235 and 1265 pg/g dw vs 794, 1069, 1106 and 1188 pg/g dw) were observed. Air concentrations of monitored compounds appear to be more related to general air pollution than point emissions from the incinerator.

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“…These pollutants in the air can spread out with the atmospheric movements and travel to the long distance until settling down to the surfaces of soil and water bodies [3]. Therefore, even if there are no agricultural activities in the Arctic, bioaccumulation of PAHs, heavy metals, and pesticides in arctic plants and animals have been commonly found in screening and monitoring studies for many decades [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Once adsorbed on to soil, they are relatively stable and their degradations in the soil are much more difficult than many other organic compounds, resulting in accumulation in soil structures over the time.…”

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Heavy metal profiles of agricultural soils in Sakarya, Turkey

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Akpinar²,

Eren³

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Environmental Engineering Research

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Sakarya is famous for cucurbit productions in Turkey and cucurbits can grow as big as 560 kg of weight per fruit in its agricultural areas. There is no or limited information about contaminant levels and profiles of the agricultural fields in Sakarya. The purpose of this study is to investigate the levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (naphthalene, phenanthrene, pyrene, and fluoranthene) and heavy metal (As, Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb, Zn) concentrations of the selected fields. Total 33 soil samples were collected from 12 counties of Sakarya where both cucurbits have been produced and organochlorine pesticides have been applied to the fields for more than 30 y during the historical plantation periods. Heavy metal and PAH contents in the soil samples were measured by an Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectroscopy and a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. The highest phenanthrene, pyrene, and fluoranthene concentrations were measured as 63.50 ng/g, 134.34 ng/g, 140.0 ng/g, respectively in the soil samples from Geyve County. Cu, Ni, and Cr concentrations were measured as 108.2 mg/kg, 219.9 mg/kg, and 173.1 mg/kg, respectively in Geyve's samples which were also the highest and 2-7 times more than the limit values given in the Turkish Soil Pollution Control Regulation. Precautions need to be taken for Sakarya's agricultural fields which are an important milestone of Turkey's cucurbit and fruit productions since the contaminants can be accumulated in the fruits and edible parts of the plants.

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Persistent organic pollutant levels in semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.), feed, lichen, blood, milk, placenta, foetus and calf

Cited by 15 publications

References 14 publications

Biomonitoring of selected persistent organic pollutants (PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PBDEs) in Finnish and Russian terrestrial and aquatic animal species

Biomonitoring of selected persistent organic pollutants (PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PBDEs) in Finnish and Russian terrestrial and aquatic animal species

Transplanted Lichen Pseudovernia furfuracea as a Multi-Tracer Monitoring Tool Near a Solid Waste Incinerator in Italy: Assessment of Airborne Incinerator-Related Pollutants

Heavy metal profiles of agricultural soils in Sakarya, Turkey

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