Organochlorines and mercury in blood of a fish-eating population at the River Elbe in Schleswig-Holstein, FRG.
The blood of people living near the River Elbe who eat contaminated fish from the river was checked for organochlorines (n = 136): Hexachlorobenzene, HCB, the Hexachlorocyclohexanes beta-HCH, gamma-HCH, Octachlorostyrene, OCS, p,p-DDE and Mercury, Hg (n = 43). The concentrations (ng/ml blood) of OCS (less than 0.5-9.2) and Hg (1.1-79.2) can be attributed to fish consumption, those of the organochlorines--exept gamma-HCH--are related to age.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes; D005506:Food Contamination; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides / Q000097:blood*; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis*; D008628:Mercury / Q000097:blood*; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000097:blood*; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides; D010573:Pesticide Residues; D014873:Water Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D008628:Mercury