Predicting dioxin-like PCBs soil contamination levels using milk of grazing animal as indicator

Perugini, Monia; Nuñez, E.G. Herrera; Baldi, Loredana; Esposito, Mauro; Serpe, Francesco Paolo; Amorena, Michele

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.06.052

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“…Bioconcentration in organs and tissues makes biomonitoring more sensitive than environmental monitoring especially in areas where pollution has not yet raised to evidence. As an example, bovine milk is proved to be a good indicator of soil contamination by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s) (Perugini et al 2012). Finally, pre-existing sampling networks set up in the frame of food safety control campaings may offer the opportunity of carrying out animal biomonitoring exercises in a cost-effective way.…”

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Application of a risk-based standardized animal biomonitoring approach to contaminated sites

Scaramozzino

Battisti

Desiato

et al. 2019

Environ Monit Assess

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Biomonitoring has been used to disclose the public health impact of contaminated sites. This study aimed at setting up good practices to apply biomonitoring targeting animal matrixes to design risk-based surveillance and exposure assessment plans. A nine-step protocol targeting farmed animals was devised and tested in three case study areas including (1) a waste dump, (2) a waste incinerator, and (3) a secondary aluminum smelter. Between 2010 and 2012, in each study area, the following 9step best practices were applied: hazard identification, GIS project creation, risk area delimitation, control area selection, receptors (livestock) identification, farms and matrixes selection, sampling study design, on-farm secondary sources exclusion, and statistical and geostatistical analysis. Dairy farms and free-range laying hens were the primary targets: eggs from both risk and control areas and milk from risk areas were sampled and submitted for detection of selected tracking contaminants compatible with the putative sources. Comparison data (risk vs. control) of heavy metal concentrations in eggs were available only for case study 2, whereas egg comparison data of persistent organic pollutants were available for all the riskcontrol pairs. After taking into account potential secondary sources, no concern from metals was arisen, whereas high concentrations of persistent organic pollutants were detected in all risk areas; however, only for the aluminum smelter case study, the contamination was broad and higher in the risk area compared with the control one. The protocol has proved to be easily applicable and flexible to varying contexts and able to provide helpful data to inform risk management decisions.

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Application of a risk-based standardized animal biomonitoring approach to contaminated sites

Scaramozzino

Battisti

Desiato

et al. 2019

Environ Monit Assess

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“…Sample numbers 20 and 21 included the presence of a civil and a military airport in the same province, approximately 12 km south of the town. Leaves from sample numbers 22-28 were representative of a reference rural background area in Salerno province, close to the archaeological site of Paestum (40°25ʹ00″N, 15°00ʹ00″E) according to evidence from an extensive environment and food safety study carried out on PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs in soil, sediments, air, water and dairy milk (ISPRA 2012;Perugini et al 2012) (Figure 1). From each field, 10 apical green leaves from Zea mays L. at the milk stage were sampled using an X grid scheme, and leaf length (from the stem insertion point to the leaf tip), width and angle (declination from vertical stem in erected leaves at the maize milk stage) were measured on site.…”

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Non-dioxin-like PCB and PBDE deposition onZeamaysL. leaves: modelled contamination in milk from dairy animals fed on silage

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Abate

Domenico

et al. 2015

Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A

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Maize (Zea mays L.) can intercept airborne pollutants before their deposition on soil. Selected non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (Σ6NDL-PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (Σ8PBDEs) with feed and food safety relevance were measured on maize leaves harvested for silage in dairy animals from 28 fields in Italy. Analyses were carried out by gas chromatography coupled to high- and low-resolution mass spectrometry. Contamination ranged from 0.65 to 5.3 ng g(-1) with 12% moisture for Σ6NDL-PCBs, and from 2.7 to 6.2 for Σ8 PBDEs. Modelled contamination in cow's milk was estimated to fall within the range 0.27-16 ng g(-1) for PCBs, 0.17-1.9 for PBDE number 47, and 0.22-2.1 for PBDE number 99 on a lipid basis. The results indicate that maize silage alone may raise Σ6NDL-PCB contamination in dairy milk up to the 95th percentile in the European Union. Results are discussed in terms of air quality standards able to support food safety.

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“…Lindane (γ—hexachlorocyclohexane or γ-HCH), for example, has long been one of the most widely used insecticides, becoming almost ubiquitous nowadays [6], resulting in a consistent number of contaminated waters and a significant impact on natural ecosystems [7,8]. Around 1945 the commercial production of lindane started, and between 1950 and 2000 it has been estimated that about 6 million tons have been produced globally with the maximum annual usage rising to about 300,000 tons in 1981 [9].…”

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Lindane Bioremediation Capability of Bacteria Associated with the Demosponge Hymeniacidon perlevis

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Lindane is an organochlorine pesticide belonging to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that has been widely used to treat agricultural pests. It is of particular concern because of its toxicity, persistence and tendency to bioaccumulate in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In this context, we assessed the role of bacteria associated with the sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis in lindane degradation. Seven bacteria isolates were characterized and identified. These isolates showed a remarkable capacity to utilize lindane as a sole carbon source leading to a percentage of residual lindane ranging from 3% to 13% after 12 days of incubation with the pesticide. The lindane metabolite, 1,3–6-pentachloro-cyclohexene, was identified as result of lindane degradation and determined by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). The bacteria capable of lindane degradation were identified on the basis of the phenotypic characterization by morphological, biochemical and cultural tests, completed with 16S rDNA sequence analysis, and assigned to Mameliella phaeodactyli, Pseudovibrio ascidiaceicola, Oceanicaulis stylophorae, Ruegeria atlantica and to three new uncharacterized species. The results obtained are a prelude to the development of future strategies for the in situ bioremediation of lindane.

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Predicting dioxin-like PCBs soil contamination levels using milk of grazing animal as indicator

Cited by 17 publications

References 28 publications

Application of a risk-based standardized animal biomonitoring approach to contaminated sites

Application of a risk-based standardized animal biomonitoring approach to contaminated sites

Non-dioxin-like PCB and PBDE deposition onZeamaysL. leaves: modelled contamination in milk from dairy animals fed on silage

Lindane Bioremediation Capability of Bacteria Associated with the Demosponge Hymeniacidon perlevis

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