Detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon levels in milk collected near potential contamination sources.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), mainly formed by incomplete anthropogenic organic matter combustion, are ubiquitous in the environment. To assess milk PAH contamination sources, milk samples were collected from the tank milk at farms located near potential contaminating emission sources such as cementworks, steelworks, and motorways. PAH analyses were carried out by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. Eight PAHs were identified in milk: naphthalene, acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, fluorene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, and benzo[a]anthracene. For all potential contaminating sources, these eight PAHs were detected with similar profiles and at low concentrations except for fluorene and naphthalene, for which source-molecule interaction is pointed out.
Laboratoire de Sciences Animales, INPL-UHP-INRA, B.P. 172, 54505 Vandoeuvre lès Nancy Cedex, France. nathalie.grova@ensaia.inpl-nancy.fr
Nathalie
N
Grova
Cyril
C
Feidt
Cécile
C
Crépineau
Claire
C
Laurent
Paul Eric
PE
Lafargue
Adam
A
Hachimi
Guido
G
Rychen
D000818:Animals; D000873:Anthracenes / Q000032:analysis; D005449:Fluorenes / Q000032:analysis; D005506:Food Contamination; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007221:Industry; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000032:analysis; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000032:analysis; D013232:Steel
D000873:Anthracenes; D005449:Fluorenes; D009281:Naphthalenes; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D011721:Pyrenes; D013232:Steel; C007738:fluoranthene; C041509:fluorene; C030984:pyrene