PMID- 16688357
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060825
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 1464-0325 (Print)
IS  - 1464-0325 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 5
DP  - 2006 May
TI  - Levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in a coastal northern Norwegian 
      population with high fish-liver intake.
PG  - 552-7
AB  - Recent research has again raised the issue regarding the potential health effects 
      of long term exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the context of a 
      risk-benefit analysis. There remains clear evidence of the beneficial effects of 
      fish consumption on public health and in particular fatty fish with its essential 
      fatty acids. In addition to providing fatty acids, fish fat constitutes an 
      essential source to vitamin D for the northern Norwegian population. Norwegian 
      Food Control Authorities have recommended that children and women of childbearing 
      age should not consume fish liver due to the risk associated with high intake of 
      POPs. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of fish liver intake on 
      the levels of PCBs and chlorinated pesticides in a rural coastal community (n = 
      31) in northern Norway, applying a cross-sectional design. The geometric mean 
      plasma levels of sum of PCBs (14 congeners) and p,p'-DDE was found to be 558 
      microg kg(-1) lipids and 179 microg kg(-1) lipids, respectively. These levels 
      were not significantly affected by the reported intake of fish liver, when age 
      and gender were considered. Age in particular, but also gender were significant 
      predictors for most compounds. When merging the dataset with an urban population 
      with considerable lower intake of fish liver, the intake of cod liver still did 
      not significantly affect the levels of PCBs and p,p'-DDE when adjusted for age 
      and gender. Age and gender remain the strongest predictors of plasma levels of 
      POPs in this study whereas fish liver intake was not significantly associated 
      with the POPs.
FAU - Sandanger, T M
AU  - Sandanger TM
AD  - Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Polar Environmental Centre, Tromso, Norway. 
      torkjel.sandanger@nilu.no
FAU - Brustad, M
AU  - Brustad M
FAU - Sandau, C D
AU  - Sandau CD
FAU - Lund, E
AU  - Lund E
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20060419
PL  - England
TA  - J Environ Monit
JT  - Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM
JID - 100968688
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Insecticides)
RN  - 4M7FS82U08 (Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Animals
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene/blood
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*blood
MH  - Female
MH  - Fishes
MH  - *Food Contamination
MH  - Humans
MH  - Insecticides/*blood
MH  - Liver/*chemistry
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Norway
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*blood
MH  - Sex Factors
EDAT- 2006/05/12 09:00
MHDA- 2006/08/26 09:00
CRDT- 2006/05/12 09:00
PHST- 2006/05/12 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/08/26 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/05/12 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1039/b600046k [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Monit. 2006 May;8(5):552-7. doi: 10.1039/b600046k. Epub 2006 Apr 19.