title: Agent Orange footprint still visible in rural areas of central Vietnam.
abstract: Levels of polychlorinated dioxins/furans (PCDD/PCDF) in selected environmental samples (soils, sediments, fish, and farm animals) were analyzed from the area of Phong My commune (Thua Thien-Hue province, Vietnam). This area was affected by Agent Orange spraying during the Vietnam war (1968-1971). Whereas PCDD/PCDF content in soil and sediment samples is relatively low and ranges between 0.05 and 5.1 pg WHO-TEQ/g for soils and between 0.7 and 6.4 pg WHO-TEQ/g for sediments, the PCDD/PCDF content in poultry muscle and liver in most cases exceeded the maximum permissible limit of dioxin content per unit fat mass. In some cases of soil and sediments samples, 2,3,7,8-TCDD represented more than 90% of the total PCDD/PCDF, which indicates Agent Orange as the main source.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sustainable Technologies, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 129 Kamycka, Suchdol, 165 21 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9647-1426
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Banout
authors.affiliation: Dekonta J.S.C., Volutova 2525, 150 00 Prague 5, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Ondrej
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1307-6093
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.affiliation: Dekonta J.S.C., Volutova 2525, 150 00 Prague 5, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Vojtech
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2317-5941
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Musil
authors.affiliation: Department of Agroenvironmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 129 Kamycka, Suchdol, 165 21 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jirina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szakova
authors.affiliation: Department of Agroenvironmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 129 Kamycka, Suchdol, 165 21 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jiri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Balik
mesh_terms: D015085:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D015084:2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D000075182:Agent Orange; D000818:Animals; D003678:Defoliants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D004147:Dioxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism; D005663:Furans / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D058751:Livestock / Q000378:metabolism; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D014744:Vietnam
chemical_list: D003678:Defoliants, Chemical; D004147:Dioxins; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005663:Furans; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D015084:2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid; D000075182:Agent Orange; D015085:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid