TY - JOUR AU - Zorana Kljaković Gašpić AU - Snježana Herceg Romanić AU - Darija Klinčić AU - Vjekoslav Tičina PY - 2015/11/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Chlorinated compounds in the muscle tissue of fish from the Croatian Adriatic: preliminary data on contamination and the associated health risks JF - Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology JA - Arh Hig Rada Toksikol VL - 66 IS - 4 SE - Original article DO - 10.1515/aiht-2015-66-2667 UR - https://arhiv.imi.hr/index.php/arhiv/article/view/386 AB - Levels of 17 polychlorinated biphenyl congeners (PCBs) and seven organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were measured in the muscle tissue of 18 commercially important fish species from the eastern Adriatic Sea. PCBs [<LOD-8,866 ng g-1 lipid weight (lw)] accounted for over 66 % of all analysed compounds. Their pattern was dominated by PCB-138 and PCB-153. DDE (14.2-649 ng g-1 lw) was the prevalent DDT isomer in all samples, suggesting no recent DDT input. β-, γ- and α-HCH and HCB were found in less than 50 % of samples. The analysed organic contaminants did not seem to bioaccumulate up the food web (trophic levels 3.0 to 4.5). Our findings show no risk of chronic (non-cancerous) effects on human health.  ER -