Congener-specific levels and patterns of polychlorinated biphenyls in edible fish tissue from the central Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia
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- 作者：Zenon B. Batanga ; zenon.batang@kaust.edu.sa" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Nabeel Alikunhia ; Michael Gochfeldb ; Joanna Burgerc ; d ; Ramzi Al-Jahdalia ; Haitham Al-Jahdalia ; Mohammed A.M. Azizf ; Dalal Al-Jebreene ; Abdulaziz Al-Suwailema
- 关键词：PCBs ; POPs ; Toxic equivalence ; Contaminant ; Organochlorine ; Jeddah
- 刊名：Science of the Total Environment
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：1 December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：572
- 期：Complete
- 页码：915-925
- 全文大小：1366 K
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All 209 PCB congeners in fish tissue from coastal areas were analyzed.
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Total PCB levels were at the lower end of reported global range.
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Total PCB toxic equivalencies were within tolerable levels.
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Congener profiles were dominated by hexachlorobiphenyl isomers.
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Selected indicator congeners were identified for future biomonitoring.