PMID- 38315767
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20240304
LR  - 20240304
IS  - 1944-0057 (Electronic)
IS  - 1944-0057 (Linking)
VI  - 41
IP  - 3
DP  - 2024 Mar
TI  - Evaluating contamination of seafood purchased from U.S. retail stores by 
      persistent environmental pollutants, pesticides and veterinary drugs.
PG  - 325-338
LID - 10.1080/19440049.2024.2310128 [doi]
AB  - Studies have reported health risks associated with seafood contamination, but few 
      data exist on levels in commercially available seafood in the US. To better 
      understand, the magnitude of foodborne exposure and identify vulnerable 
      populations in the US, we measured concentrations of veterinary drugs, persistent 
      organic pollutants (POPs) (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [PAHs], 
      polybrominated diphenyl ethers [PBDEs] and polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]), and 
      legacy and current-use pesticides in 46 seafood samples purchased from retail 
      outlets. Measured levels were used to estimate risk based on available maximum 
      residue limits (MRLs) and toxic equivalence (TEQ) factors for analytes. Only 
      seventeen of the 445 analytes were detected, at low substance frequencies. 
      However, half of the samples tested positive for one or more analyte, with total 
      concentrations ranging from below the limit of detection (LOD) to as high as 
      156 microg/kg wet weight. Based on the risk assessment for individual pesticides and 
      veterinary drugs, the hazard quotients (HQ) were all <1, indicating no risk. 
      However, for the sum of PCB126 and PCB167, two dioxin-like PCBs detected in our 
      samples, the TEQ was nearly two orders of magnitude higher than the WHO limits in 
      one catfish sample. Moreover, vulnerable groups with higher rates of consumption 
      of specific fish types may face higher risks.
FAU - Bedi, Megha
AU  - Bedi M
AD  - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 
      Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
FAU - Sapozhnikova, Yelena
AU  - Sapozhnikova Y
AD  - USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, 
      PA, USA.
FAU - Ng, Carla
AU  - Ng C
AD  - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 
      Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
AD  - Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, 
      Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240205
PL  - England
TA  - Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess
JT  - Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & 
      risk assessment
JID - 101485040
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
RN  - 0 (Veterinary Drugs)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Environmental Pollutants
MH  - *Polychlorinated Biphenyls
MH  - *Veterinary Drugs
MH  - *Pesticides
MH  - Seafood
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Risk assessment
OT  - food-borne exposure
OT  - pesticides
OT  - seafood
OT  - veterinary drugs
EDAT- 2024/02/05 18:42
MHDA- 2024/03/04 06:50
CRDT- 2024/02/05 14:03
PHST- 2024/03/04 06:50 [medline]
PHST- 2024/02/05 18:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/02/05 14:03 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/19440049.2024.2310128 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess. 2024 
      Mar;41(3):325-338. doi: 10.1080/19440049.2024.2310128. Epub 2024 Feb 5.