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10736769

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-5-9
pubmed:abstractText
Commercially available butter from Spain (n = 36) and from other European countries (n = 20) has been analyzed by high resolution gas chromatography with an electron capture detector for organochlorine contaminants. The results showed that both groups of samples have a similar pattern of these pollutants, but in all cases where significant differences in concentrations were found, Spanish samples presented higher values. This was especially notable for lindane (median values 11.6 vs. 3.0 ng/g wet weight), hexachlorobenzene (6.4 vs. 0.5) and beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (3.1 vs. 1.2). Total PCBs showed no differences (5.4 vs. 6.6), but detailed analysis of congener composition indicated a higher presence in Spanish samples of the most persistent chlorinated PCBs. No sample presented levels of concern for any single organochlorine compound. It is interesting to note that consumption of butter in Spain is low so, although levels of organochlorines are higher than those found in other countries, consumers are less exposed through this foodstuff than in other European countries. These results also confirm the fact that environmental pollution by organochlorines is more important in Spain than in the rest of Europe.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0360-1234
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
201-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-7-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparison of residue levels of persistent organochlorine compounds in butter from Spain and from other European countries.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Veterinary Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't