Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in European hake (Merluccius merluccius) muscle from the Western Mediterranean Sea

Chlorinated compounds in the muscle tissue of fish from the Croatian Adriatic: preliminary data on contamination and the associated health risks / Klorirani spojevi u mišićnom tkivu riba iz istočnog Jadranskog mora: preliminarni podaci o zagađenosti i zdravstvenim rizicima

“…As to the group of ToxRel PCBs, the most frequent congener was hepta-chlorinated PCB-170 (found in 91 % of the samples), while the highest median was that of PCB-118. The dominance of PCB-153, PCB-138, and PCB-118 is in agreement with other reports on marine organisms from the Adriatic (9,25,28,29,31,35), reflecting their high lipophilicity, stability, and persistence, which favour accumulation in aquatic animals. The overall levels are consistent with those recently found in fish species from the Adriatic Sea (13,15,29) and Atlantic coastal regions (27), and are higher than the values for the Black Sea (32), Catalan coast (31), Tunis (26), and Orbetello Lagoon (33) ( Table 3).…”

“…The DDE/DDT ratios are often used as an indicator of recent DDT input into the environment. The prevalence of p,p'-DDE in this study (DDE/DDT>0.6 in more than 91 % of samples) is in line with the reports on DDT metabolites in fish species from other European and Mediterranean countries (24)(25)(26)(28)(29)(30)(31), and indicates that DDT in our study is mostly owed to historical use or remote sources and that it has not recently been used in agriculture. The obtained trend of the DDT isomers (DDE>DDT≈DDD) is consistent with the high chemical stability and long half-life of DDE in the aquatic environment in comparison to the parent DDT (25).…”

“…The obtained trend of the DDT isomers (DDE>DDT≈DDD) is consistent with the high chemical stability and long half-life of DDE in the aquatic environment in comparison to the parent DDT (25). The DDTs levels found in this study are similar to recent reports for different fish species from the Ionian Sea (29), Gulf of Naples (25), Marmara Sea (30), and Atlantic coastal regions (27) and are higher than those reported for other coastal areas of the Mediterranean (26,(31)(32)(33) (Table 3).…”

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Organochlorinated Pesticides (OCPs) in Yellowtail (Seriola lalandi) from three Spatially Distinct Locations along the Coast of South Africa: Levels, Sources and Fish Size Effec

“…Most of the non-detected PAHs (in fish from Yzerfontein and Struis Bay) were predominantly HMW PAHs which usually emanate from incomplete combustion of organic substances. This trend in low detection of HMW and high detection of LMW PAHs in fish has been observed in previous published studies [28][29][30][31] and may be due to uptake pathways and longevity in the body [32]. HMW PAHs are taken up predominantly through diet whilst LMW PAHs are mostly accumulated through water [33].…”

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) accumulation in different common sole (Solea solea) tissues from the North Adriatic Sea peculiar impacted area

“…However, PAH bioaccumulation is a complex phenomenon governed by many factors including their uptake and elimination. Therefore, further studies are necessary to characterize the factors affecting PAH bioavailability to marine organisms and their distribution in Manuscript (clean -no tracked changes) Click here to view linked References fish tissues (Soclo et al, 2000;Bodin et al, 2014;Moraleda-Cibrián et al, 2015;Sun et al, 2016).…”