The impact of production type and region on polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran (PCDD/F) concentrations in Canadian chicken egg yolks

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• 作者：Dorothea F.K. Rawn ; Amy R. Sadler ; Sue C. Quade ; Wing-Fung Sun ; Ivana Kosarac ; Stephen Hayward ; J. Jake Ryan
• 关键词：Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) ; Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans (PCDD/Fs) ; Egg yolks ; Canada
• 刊名：Chemosphere
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：November, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：89
• 期：8
• 页码：929-935
• 全文大小：384 K

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Chicken eggs from five different production types (conventional, omega-3 enriched, free range, organic and free run) were collected, when available, from three regions (west, central and east) of Canada to determine persistent organic pollutant (POP) concentrations. Total polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations (¡Æ37 congeners) in yolks from the eggs ranged from 0.162 ng g^?1 lipid to 24.8 ng g^?1 lipid (median 1.25 ng g^?1 lipid) while the concentration of the sum of the 6 indicator PCBs ranged from 0.100 ng g^?1 lipid to 9.33 ng g^?1 lipid (median 0.495 ng g^?1 lipid). Total polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin/dibenzofuran (PCDD/F) concentrations ranged from 2.37 pg g^?1 lipid to 382 pg g^?1 lipid (median 9.53 pg g^?1 lipid). The 2005 WHO toxic equivalency (TEQ) ranged from 0.089 pg TEQ_{PCDD/F+dioxin-like[DL]-PCB} g^?1 lipid to 12.8 pg TEQ_{PCDD/F+DL-PCB} g^?1 lipid (median 0.342 pg TEQ_{PCDD/F+DL-PCB} g^?1 lipid). PCB and PCDD/F concentrations were significantly different (p < 0.001) in egg yolks from different regions of collection. In contrast to observations in Europe, PCB and PCDD/F concentrations in Canadian egg yolks were not impacted solely by the production type (e.g., conventional, free range, organic, etc.) used to maintain the laying chickens. Additionally, only one Canadian free range yolk from western Canada (12.8 pg TEQ_{PCDD/F+DL-PCB} g^?1 lipid) exceeded the European toxic equivalent concentration limits for eggs (5 pg TEQ_{PCDD/F+DL-PCB} g^?1 lipid). This differs from observations in Europe where free range/home produced eggs frequently have higher POP concentrations than eggs from other production types. Median PCB dietary intake estimates based on consumption of eggs were less than 10 ng d^?1 while median PCDD/F intakes were less than 45 pg d^?1.