Organochlorine residues in the edible part of eels of different origins.
Fifty-four eel samples from 11 different countries were analysed by capillary gas chromatography for levels of the pesticides aldrin, endrin, hexachlorobenzene, alpha- and beta-BHC, lindane, heptachlor, octachlorostyrene, pp'-DDT, pp'-DDD, pp'-DDE, and for the levels of the PCB congeners 28, 52, 101, 138, 153, and 180. Wild eels, especially from the Baltic Sea area, had elevated contents compared to farmed eels. The mean contamination level reached only 1-5% of the allowable values given by German directives and never exceeded the official limits.
Karl
H
H
Federal Research Centre for Fisheries, Institute for Biochemistry and Technology, Hamburg, Germany.
Lehmann
I
I
D000818:Animals; D004350:Drug Residues / Q000032:analysis*; D004524:Eels / Q000378:metabolism*; D005396:Fish Products / Q000032:analysis*; D005506:Food Contamination; D005858:Germany; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis*; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis
D007306:Insecticides; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls