Use of polychlorinated biphenyl and toxic equivalent concentrations in scat from mink(Neovison vison) fed fish from the upper Hudson River to predict dietary and hepatic concentrations and health effects

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 563-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Bursian ◽  
John Kern ◽  
Richard E. Remington ◽  
Jane E. Link
Keyword(s):  
Health Effects ◽  
Polychlorinated Biphenyl ◽  
Hudson River ◽  
Neovison Vison ◽  
Toxic Equivalent

scholarly journals Polychlorinated Biphenyl Exposure and Neuropsychological Status among Older Residents of Upper Hudson River Communities

2008 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward F. Fitzgerald ◽  
Erin E. Belanger ◽  
Marta I. Gomez ◽  
Michael Cayo ◽  
Robert J. McCaffrey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polychlorinated Biphenyl ◽  
Hudson River ◽  
Neuropsychological Status ◽  
River Communities

Linking Habitat Use of Hudson River Striped Bass to Accumulation of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners

2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1023-1029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey T. F. Ashley ◽  
David H. Secor ◽  
Erik Zlokovitz ◽  
Samantha Q. Wales ◽  
Joel E. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Striped Bass ◽  
Polychlorinated Biphenyl ◽  
Hudson River

The Belgian PCB/Dioxin Incident: A Critical Review of Health Risks Evaluations

2002 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 333-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bernard ◽  
S. Fierens
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Polychlorinated Biphenyl ◽  
Food Contamination ◽  
Body Burden ◽  
Food Crisis ◽  
Toxic Equivalent ◽  
Poultry Farms ◽  
Real Scale

The Belgian PCB/dioxin incident is a food contamination that occurred in Belgium in January 1999 when a tank of recycled fats used to produce animal feeds was accidentally contaminated by approximately 100 L of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) oil containing 50 kg PCBs expressed as the sum of the seven markers, 1 g (TEQ) dioxins (PCDD/Fs) and 2 g toxic equivalent (TEQ) dioxin-like PCBs. The incident was discovered when a poultry poisoning resembling the classic chick edema disease broke out in several farms that had received contaminated feeds. The delay in making public this incident resulted in a major political and food crisis and caused much concern in the population. We review here the health risk evaluations that were made after this incident and we assess the likelihood of the different scenarios by taking into account recent data on the real scale of the contamination and on the dioxin body burden of the general population in Belgium. These new data confirm that the incident was too limited in time and in scale to have increased the PCB/dioxin body burden of the general population at large, a conclusion supported by a survey of dioxin levels in blood conducted at the end of 1999. Only farmers in poultry farms affected by the incident (about 30 farms) and having regularly consumed their own products could have increased their PCB/dioxin body burden. It is unlikely, however, that these farmers could have increased their PCB/dioxin body burden above levels prevailing in the 1980s or now found in communities regularly consuming seafood.

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