PMID- 23906852
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140630
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 466-467
DP  - 2014 Jan 1
TI  - Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and 
      organochlorine pesticides in selected cereals available on the Polish retail 
      market.
PG  - 136-51
LID - S0048-9697(13)00784-5 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.016 [doi]
AB  - Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and 
      organochlorine pesticides (DDT, HCH, HCB, chlordane, endrin, dieldrin, aldrin, 
      nitrophene, metoxychlor) are man-made chemicals manufactured for numerous 
      applications. The aim of this study was to assess levels of PCBs, PBDEs, and 
      organochlorine pesticides in selected types of cereals available on the Polish 
      retail market. 191 samples of various cereals have been analyzed in total. 
      Average EC6 concentrations ranged from 56.4 (snacks) to 442.2 pg g(-1) (bran) 
      while the concentration of 12 dioxin-like PCBs was in 15 (groats)-37.6 pg g(-1) 
      (snacks) range. Mean dioxin equivalency concentration calculated as lower bound 
      results in 2005 TEF values amounted to 0.120 +/- 0.445 pg TEQ g(-1), while 0.091 +/- 
      0.338 pg TEQ g(-1) if 1998 TEF values were used. Average concentration of all 14 
      studied BDEs ( summation operator14 BDE) was 112 +/- 80 pg g(-1), while average concentration of 13 
      BDEs excluding BDE #209 was only 15 +/- 6 pg g(-1). Pesticide concentrations 
      observed in the analyzed samples were generally low in comparison to maximum 
      residue levels (MRLs) actually permitted by the European Union. However, MRLs 
      were exceeded in 7 out of all 191 analyzed samples. Total concentration of DDT 
      isomers in one of the tested bran samples was as high as 0.053 mg kg(-1). DMDT 
      concentrations slightly above MRL = 0.01 mg kg(-1)were observed in 6 other 
      samples (2 x bran, 1 x children porridge, 2 x snacks and 1 x bread). This study 
      has shown that levels of PCBs, PBDEs and organochlorine pesticides in cereal 
      products available on the Polish market are generally low. However, elevated 
      levels of individual pollutants were observed in several instances.
CI  - (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Roszko, Marek
AU  - Roszko M
AD  - Department of Food Analysis, Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, 
      Rakowiecka 36, 02-532 Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: roszko@ibprs.pl.
FAU - Jedrzejczak, Renata
AU  - Jedrzejczak R
FAU - Szymczyk, Krystyna
AU  - Szymczyk K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130730
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (polychlorinated diphenyl ethers)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Edible Grain
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Food Contamination/*analysis
MH  - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*analysis
MH  - Pesticides/*analysis
MH  - Poland
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Cereals
OT  - Ion trap mass spectrometry
OT  - PBDE
OT  - PCB
OT  - Pesticides
EDAT- 2013/08/03 06:00
MHDA- 2014/07/01 06:00
CRDT- 2013/08/03 06:00
PHST- 2013/04/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/06/06 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/07/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/08/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/08/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/07/01 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0048-9697(13)00784-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.016 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2014 Jan 1;466-467:136-51. doi: 
      10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.016. Epub 2013 Jul 30.