Total organochlorine content of fish from the Great Lakes

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Journal of AOAC International; (United States)

OSTI ID:5922551

Newsome, W H; Andrews, P; Conacher, H B; Rao, R R; Chatt, A ^[1]

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1. Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)

Residues of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides were determined in several species of commercial fish from the Great Lakes and compared to the total organic chlorine determined by neutron activation analysis. The mean organochlorine contents ranged from 44 to 138 ppm (lipid basis) and were 5 to 72 times higher than the contents of PCBs and organochlorine pesticides. Marine fish also contained a large proportion of unidentified organic chlorine. The unknown material in the Great Lakes fish was found to chromatograph with the high molecular weight lipid fraction by gel permeation chromatography.

• OSTI ID: 5922551
• Journal Information: Journal of AOAC International; (United States), Vol. 76:4; ISSN 1060-3271
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
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ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY
GREAT LAKES
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MOLECULAR WEIGHT
NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
PESTICIDES
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ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AROMATICS
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CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
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ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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SEPARATION PROCESSES
SURFACE WATERS
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