Trace Metal and Pesticide Levels in Muskoxen from Victoria Island, Northwest Territories, Canada
作者:
C.D. C. Salisbury,
A.C. E. Fesser,
J.D. Macneil,
J.R. Patterson,
J.Z. Adamczewski,
P.F. Flood,
A. Gunn,
期刊:
International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 48,
issue 3-4
页码: 209-215
ISSN:0306-7319
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1080/03067319208027401
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Trace metals;pesticides;muskoxen;residues
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Tissue and blood samples were collected from muskoxen harvested in 1989 on Victoria Island, Northwest Territories. Liver and kidney were tested for trace elements and toxic metals, and fat and serum were tested for residues of organochlorine pesticides. Copper, manganese, and zinc levels were in the range considered adequate for sheep and cattle. Selenium levels in the muskoxen (liver mean value, 0.10 μg g−1, kidney mean value, 0.36 μg g−1) would be considered deficient in sheep and cattle. No elevated levels of toxic metals (arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury) were found. All fat samples tested contained hexachlorobenzene (mean value, 45.4 ng g−1) and 97% of the fat samples contained trace levels of α-hexachlorocyclohexane (mean value, 5.1 ng g−1). Twelve percent of the serum samples contained hexachlorobenzene (mean value, 2.8 ng g−1). Hexachlorobenzene levels in the fat of some unweaned calves exceeded tolerance levels set in Canada for food animals.
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