The occurrence and dynamics of polychlorinated hydrocarbons in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in South-western Slovakia. Issue 7 (7th June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Capcarova, Marcela; Slamecka, Jaroslav; Jurcik, Rastislav; Sladecek, Tomas; Gren, Agnieszka; Argente, Maria-Jose Carrascosa; Massanyi, Peter
• Is Part Of: Journal of environmental science and health. Volume 54:Issue 7(2019)
• Page Start: 603
• Page End: 607
• Publication Date: 2019-06-07
• Subjects: roe deer -- depot fat -- polychlorinated hydrocarbon -- organic pollution -- Slovakia; Environmental engineering -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Periodicals; Ecology -- periodicals; Hazardous Substances -- periodicals; 628
• DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2019.1574152
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1093-4529

Abstract

Abstract: The goal of this study was to determined polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides in the depot fat of roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ) coming from south-western Slovakia. The mutual correlations of the organic pollutants were analyzed. The study included dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), hexachlorobenzen (HCB), alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane and beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (α + β-HCH), gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB-delor). The gas chromatograph with an electron capture detector ECD was used for analysis. The accumulations of organic pollutant in depot fat of roe deer were in following order: DDT > PCB-delor > α + β-HCH > HCB > γ-HCH. Among all pollutants, DDT was accumulated significantly in the highest level in the samples. The significantly higher content of DDT, HCB, α + β-HCH, and γ-HCH was detected in the adult animals when compared to the juveniles. Some strong positive correlations among pollutants, between HCB and DDT, α + β-HCH and HCB, α + β-HCH and HCB, between γ-HCH and other pollutants, and between PCB-delor and γ-HCH were found. Game animals are a part of human food chain and monitoring of the environment pollution by PCBs and other organic pollutants are worthy to study.