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Levels of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Butter Samples Collected from the Black Sea Region of Turkey     
Yazarlar
Abdurrahman Aksoy
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Muhammet Dervişoğlu
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dilek Güvenç
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Osman GÜL
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Fehmi Yazıcı
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Enes Atmaca
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the levels of 9 organochlorine compounds (aldrin, hexachlorobenzene, 2,4-DDE, 4,4-DDE, 2,4-DDT, 4,4-DDT, and α-, β-, and γ-HCH) in butter samples collected in the Eastern, Middle and Western Black Sea Regions of Turkey between October 2009 and June 2010. The liquid-liquid extraction method was used to extract the organochlorine compounds from the samples and the measurements were performed by using a gas chromatograph-electron capture detector system. DDT metabolites, aldrin, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), and α-, and γ-HCH were not detected in the samples but β-HCH was detected in 3 of a total of 88 samples. In the first period, only one sample from the West Black Sea Region was β-HCH positive (0.014 mg kg-1). The other β-HCH positive samples collected in Middle and West Black Sea Regions in the second period had a concentration of 0.066 and 0.019 mg kg-1, respectively. All concentrations of the detected compounds exceeded the legal limits of 0.003 mg kg-1 for β-HCH, as prescribed by the Turkish Food Codex, and therefore pose a potential health risk for consumers. The contamination detected is most likely due to the past usage of β-HCH in agriculture and its long term persistence in the environment. These results strongly suggest that further research should be focused on the detection of pesticide residues in agricultural areas across the nation. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Black Sea | Butter | Gas chromatography | Organochlorine pesticide
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Dergi ISSN 0007-4861
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2013
Cilt No 90
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 110 / 115
Doi Numarası 10.1007/s00128-012-0872-8
Makale Linki http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00128-012-0872-8