Dietary exposure to PCBs based on food consumption survey and food basket analysis at Taizhou, China - The World's major site for recycling transformers

Guan Hua Xing, Sheng Chun Wu, Ming Hung Wong*

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Abstract

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).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1239-1244
Number of pages6
JournalChemosphere
Volume81
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2010

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Chemistry(all)
  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

User-Defined Keywords

  • Dietary exposure
  • E-waste
  • Food consumption survey
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

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