title: Levels of toxaphene congeners in fish from Danish waters.
abstract: The levels of toxaphene congeners, in addition to PCB congeners and organochlorine pesticides, were determined in various fish samples from different Danish waters. While PCB-153 and p,p'-DDE show different levels depending on the fishing area, with highest levels in fish from the Western Baltic Sea, toxaphene was detected in all the samples investigated at a more constant level. The distribution of the three toxaphene congeners Parlar #26, #50 and #62 depends on the fishing area, with the Western Baltic Sea being different from the other waters by having almost equal levels of toxaphene congeners #26 and #50.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Research and Nutrition, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Søborg. arf@fdir.dk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fromberg
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cederberg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hilbert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Büchert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003718:Denmark; D003633:Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene / Q000032:analysis; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis*; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis; D014112:Toxaphene / Q000032:analysis*; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D014873:Water Pollutants; D003633:Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene; D014112:Toxaphene; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls; C014024:2,4,5,2',4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl