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A baseline evaluation of PAH body burden in sardines from the southern Brazilian shelf
- Source :
- Marine pollution bulletin. 163
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The concentrations of 37 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their potential risk to human health were determined in fifty sardine muscle (Sardinella brasiliensis) samples collected along the southern Brazilian shelf. Parental and alkylated PAHs were identified and quantified using a pressurized liquid extraction with in-cell purification method and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry identification and quantification. The concentrations of Σ37 PAHs in muscle ranged between 6.02 and 4074 μg kg−1 wet weight, which are comparable to levels reported for commercially important fish worldwide. The most abundant compounds were pyrene and fluoranthene, which originate from both petrogenic and pyrolytic hydrocarbon inputs. In only 4% of the samples the benzo[a] pyrene equivalent concentration was above the threshold of 6 μg kg−1 suggested for safe fish consumption in Brazil. These findings will serve as baseline data for monitoring the quality of sardines consumed in the country and for studying fish populations.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
010501 environmental sciences
Aquatic Science
Oceanography
01 natural sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Animals
Humans
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
chemistry.chemical_classification
Fluoranthene
biology
010604 marine biology & hydrobiology
Sardine
Fishes
Baseline data
Sardinella brasiliensis
Fish consumption
biology.organism_classification
Pollution
Hydrocarbon
chemistry
Seafood
Environmental chemistry
Pyrene
Environmental science
Equivalent concentration
Body Burden
Brazil
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18793363
- Volume :
- 163
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Marine pollution bulletin
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....daed7e8722576264df8c1adb1adcc3c2