title: Dietary intake of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from fish and meat by residents of Nanjing, China.
abstract: Concentrations of 14 polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDEs) and 28 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) congers were measured in 137 samples of fish and meat from Nanjing, a city in the Yangtze River Delta, China. Total concentrations of PBDEs were less in fish (mean of 180 pg/g ww; range 8.0-1100 pg/g ww), but more in non fish foods (mean of 180 pg/g ww; range 15-950 pg/g ww) than those reported from other countries. The total dietary intake of PBDEs and PCBs by humans were 9.9 ng PBDE/d and 870 ng PCB/d, respectively. The daily intake by a 60 kg adult of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin equivalents (TEQ(WHO)) from PCBs was estimated to be 49 pg (PCB)TEQ(WHO)/d (0.82 pg (PCB)TEQ(WHO)/kg bw), which is less than the tolerable daily intake suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO). The daily intake of meat and fish accounted for 57.2% and 42.8% of the total intake of (PCB)TEQ(WHO).
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
authors.forename: Guanyong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Xiaohua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zishen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Qimin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xian
authors.forename: Jianfang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Xiaowei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Giesy
authors.forename: Si
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Hongling
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hongxia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D002947:Cities; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls