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Survey of commercial pasteurised cows' milk in Wallonia (Belgium) for the occurrence of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls
Focant, Jean-François; Pirard, Catherine; Massart, Anne-Cécile et al.
2003In Chemosphere, 52 (4), p. 725-733
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Keywords :
PCDDs; PCDFs; PCBs; congener distribution; cows' milk; pasteurised; intake; Belgium
Abstract :
[en] Congener-specific analyses of 7 polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), 10 polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and 4 non-ortho (coplanar) polychlorinated biphenyls (cPCBs) were performed on 35 samples of commercial long-life pasteurised cows' milk issued from eight different brands available in Walloon supermarkets (Belgium). The observed congener profile was characteristic of milk samples issued from industrialised countries with good inter and intra-brand reproducibility's. The PCDDs to PCDFs ratio was equal to 1.8 in concentration. The toxic equivalent (TEQ based on WHO-TEF) value for PCDD/Fs in all analysed milks was 1.09+/-0.30 pg TEQ/g fat (range 0.86-1.59), which is below the recommended EU non-commercialisation threshold value of 3 pg TEQ PCDD/Fs/g of milk fat. The mean TEQ value including cPCBs was 2.23+/-0.55 pg TEQ/g fat. These PCBs actually contributed for 49+/-8.6% of the total TEQ. Among PCDD/Fs and cPCBs, tetrachloro dibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), pentachloro dibenzo-p-dioxin (PeCDD), pentachloro dibenzofurans (PeCDFs) and 3,3',4,4',5-pentachloro biphenyl (PCB-126) were the most important contributors to the TEQ. Estimated daily intake (EDI) due to consumption of such milks was 0.34 pg TEQ/kg of body weight/day for PCDD/Fs and 0.69 pg TEQ/kg of body weight/day when cPCBs were included.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Focant, Jean-François  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > Chimie analytique
Pirard, Catherine  
Massart, Anne-Cécile ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre interfac. d'analyse des résidus en traces (CART)
De Pauw, Edwin  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Chimie physique, spectrométrie de masse
Language :
English
Title :
Survey of commercial pasteurised cows' milk in Wallonia (Belgium) for the occurrence of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls
Publication date :
July 2003
Journal title :
Chemosphere
ISSN :
0045-6535
eISSN :
1879-1298
Publisher :
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, United Kingdom
Volume :
52
Issue :
4
Pages :
725-733
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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