TY - JOUR
T1 - Dietary exposure to PCBs based on food consumption survey and food basket analysis at Taizhou, China - The World's major site for recycling transformers
AU - Xing, Guan Hua
AU - Wu, Sheng Chun
AU - Wong, Ming Hung
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: Group Research, Central Allocation (HKBU 1/03C), and Special Equipment Grant (SEG_HKBU09); and the Mini-AoE (Area of Excellence) Fund of Hong Kong Baptist University (RC/AOE/08-09/01).
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - The levels of PCBs in different types of food (fish, shellfish, meat, rice, vegetables, and fruits) were analyzed to determine the dietary intake of 37 PCBs for local residents and e-waste workers (all lactating mothers) at Taizhou (China), a major electronic waste scrapping center, in particular for recycling transformers. The exposure to PCBs through dietary intake in Taizhou was estimated at 92.79ngkg-1d-1, contributed by consumption of freshwater fish (28%), rice (28%), meat (17%), shellfish (9%), vegetables (8%), egg (4%) and marine fish (2%). With regards to WHO-PCB-TEQ values, freshwater fish (40%), shellfish (24%), duck liver (18%) and rice (12%) were the main dietary sources with total daily intake (9.78pgWHO-PCB-TEQkg-1d-1), exceeding the FAO/WHO Tolerable Daily Intake (70pgTEQkg-1body-1wt-1month-1).
AB - The levels of PCBs in different types of food (fish, shellfish, meat, rice, vegetables, and fruits) were analyzed to determine the dietary intake of 37 PCBs for local residents and e-waste workers (all lactating mothers) at Taizhou (China), a major electronic waste scrapping center, in particular for recycling transformers. The exposure to PCBs through dietary intake in Taizhou was estimated at 92.79ngkg-1d-1, contributed by consumption of freshwater fish (28%), rice (28%), meat (17%), shellfish (9%), vegetables (8%), egg (4%) and marine fish (2%). With regards to WHO-PCB-TEQ values, freshwater fish (40%), shellfish (24%), duck liver (18%) and rice (12%) were the main dietary sources with total daily intake (9.78pgWHO-PCB-TEQkg-1d-1), exceeding the FAO/WHO Tolerable Daily Intake (70pgTEQkg-1body-1wt-1month-1).
KW - Dietary exposure
KW - E-waste
KW - Food consumption survey
KW - Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.032
DO - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.032
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 20951404
AN - SCOPUS:78149284124
SN - 0045-6535
VL - 81
SP - 1239
EP - 1244
JO - Chemosphere
JF - Chemosphere
IS - 10
ER -