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Farmed fish as a source of dioxins and PCBs for Polish consumers

Journal of Veterinary Research, 2020
This paper reports polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD), polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF), and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations in fish collected from Polish and Vietnamese farms and the related risk for consumers.
Mikołajczyk Szczepan, Warenik-Bany Małgorzata, Maszewski Sebastian, Pajurek Marek   +3 more
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Environmental contamination of free-range hen with dioxin

Journal of Veterinary Research, 2021
The transfer of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from a contaminated environment into the food chain is a serious consumer safety problem.
Mikołajczyk Szczepan, Pajurek Marek, Warenik-Bany Małgorzata, Maszewski Sebastian   +3 more
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Toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) for PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs for humans and wildlife.

Environmental Health Perspectives, 1998
An expert meeting was organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and held in Stockholm on 15-18 June 1997. The objective of this meeting was to derive consensus toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) for polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and ...
M. Berg, C. Bosveld, Bjdrn Brunstrdm, P. Cook, Mark Feely, John, P., Giesy, A. Hanberg, R. Hasegawa, S. Kennedy, T. Kubiak, J. Christian, Larsen, Rolaf van, LeeuwenY, A. Liem, Cynthia Nolt, R. Peterson, L. Poellinger, Stephen, Safe, D. Schrenk, D. Tillitt, M. Tysklind, M. Younes, F. Warn, Tim Zacharewsk   +27 more
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DIOXINS AND PCBS IN MEAT AND MILK FROM THE REGIONS OF RUSSIA

Юг России: экология, развитие, 2014
Experimental data on monitoring of dioxins and PCBs in samples of beef and pork, as well as in milk from the areas of the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Bashkortostan.
Z. K. Amirov, I. J. Shahtamirov
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Influence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and phytoestrogens on prostaglandin F2α and E2secretion from bovine endometrial cells at a postovulatory stage of the estrous cycle

Veterinární Medicína, 2005
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and phytoestrogens were found to affect contractions of bovine uterus. Prostaglandins (PG) F2á and E2 are also involved in the uterine contractility.
M. Wrobel, J. Kotwica
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How are polychlorinated biphenyls currently being produced, despite the production ban, and do they pose a risk to the environment?

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, 2022
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group consisting of 209 congeners, differing in the number and site of substitution of chlorine atoms to the biphenyl molecule. Due to their physicochemical properties, they have found wide industry use. As a result
Gabryszewska Marta
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Exocrine pancreatic cancer and living near to waste sites containing hazardous organic chemicals, New York State, USA – an 18-year population-based study

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2022
Objectives The etiology of exocrine pancreatic cancer (EPC) remains unknown except for family history and smoking. Despite recent medical advances, rates of pancreatic cancer incidence and mortality are increasing.
Bayarmagnai Weinstein, Alan da Silva, David O. Carpenter   +2 more
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The Kelp Gull as bioindicator of environmental chemicals in the Magellan region. A comparison with other coastal sites in Chile

Scientia Marina, 1999
During the breeding seasons 1994/5 and 1995/6 we collected Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) eggs from five locations in central to south Chile to study the contamination with mercury and organochlorine compounds.
Jacqueline Muñoz, Peter H. Becker
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Organochlorine Pesticides and PCBs in Traditionally and Industrially Smoked Pork Meat Products from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Foods, 2020
The aim of this study was to determine the concentration of 19 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs): (hexachlorocyclohexane (α-HCH, β-HCH, δ−HCH), lindane, aldrin, heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, trans-chlordane, cis-chlordane ...
Brankica Kartalović, Krešimir Mastanjević, Nikolina Novakov, Jelena Vranešević, Dragana Ljubojević Pelić, Leona Puljić, Kristina Habschied   +6 more
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Effects of Aroclor 1254 on LH and 17,20β-P secretion in female Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio Bloch) in the spawning season

Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2013
The effects of Aroclor 1254 on the secretion of luteinizing hormone (LH) and 17,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (17,20β-P) in female Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio Bloch) at the time of their natural spawning were determined.
M. Socha, M. Sokołowska-Mikołajczyk, P. Szczerbik, J. Chyb, P. Epler   +4 more
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