%0 Journal Article
%T BIOMONITORING OF SOME PERSISTENT ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS IN THE MILK OF ANATOLIAN WATER BUFFALOES
%A Enes Atmaca
%J -
%D 2019
%X In this study, 50 raw milk samples of Anatolian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis, Linneaus, 1758) belonging to different dairy farmers in the K£¿z£¿l£¿rmak Delta in Samsun, Turkey, were investigated for contamination by 9 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and 16 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The contaminants were extracted cryogenically from the milk fat and their concentrations were determined with a gas chromatography-electron capture detector (GC-ECD). The mean level of alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) in the milk samples was 6.34 ng/g/fat, beta-HCH was 20.41 ng/g/fat, gamma-HCH was 9.77 ng/g/fat, ¡ÆDDTs was 18.11 ng/g/fat and ¡ÆIndicator-PCBs was 127.27 ng/g/fat. The mean values, except for aldrin and ¡ÆDDTs, were above the maximum residue limits (MRLs) stated in the European Commission (EC) Regulations and Turkish Food Codex (TFC). Regular monitoring and reporting of the levels of persistent organochlorines in the meat, milk and processed products of water buffaloes is essential for the assessment of human, animal and environmental health
%K Biyoizleme
%K organik klorlu pestisitler
%K poliklorlu bifeniller
%K manda s¨¹t¨¹.
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/gida/issue/43567/511740