How contaminated is flatfish living near World Wars' munition dumping sites with energetic compounds?
Energetic compounds
Flatfish
Sediment
Submerged munitions
TNT carcinogenicity
TNT toxicity
Journal
Archives of toxicology
ISSN: 1432-0738
Titre abrégé: Arch Toxicol
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 0417615
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
19 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024
Historique:
received:
28
04
2024
accepted:
05
08
2024
medline:
19
8
2024
pubmed:
19
8
2024
entrez:
19
8
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Seas worldwide are threatened by an emerging source of pollution as millions of tons of warfare materials were dumped after the World Wars. As their metal shells are progressively corroding, energetic compounds (EC) leak out and distribute in the marine environment. EC are taken up by aquatic organisms and pose a threat to both the marine ecosphere and the human seafood consumer because of their toxicity and potential carcinogenicity. Here, sediment samples and fish from different locations in the German North Sea of Lower Saxony were examined to determine whether EC transfer to fish living close to munition dumping areas. EC were found in sediments with a maximum concentration of 1.5 ng/kg. All analyzed fish muscle tissues/fillets and bile samples were positive for EC detection. In bile, the max. EC concentrations ranged between 0.25 and 1.25 ng/mL. Interestingly, while detected TNT metabolites in the muscle tissues were in concentrations of max. 1 ng/g (dry weight), TNT itself was found in concentrations of up to 4 ng/g (dry weight). As we found considerable higher amounts of non-metabolized TNT in the fish muscle, rather than TNT metabolites, we conclude an additional absorption route of EC into fish other than per diet. This is the first study to detect EC in the edible parts of fish caught randomly in the North Sea.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39158710
doi: 10.1007/s00204-024-03834-y
pii: 10.1007/s00204-024-03834-y
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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ID : FKZ 3719 25 2990
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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