Toxicokinetics of waterborne bisphenol a in landlocked salmon ( Salmo salar m. Sebago) eggs at various temperatures

Abstract Eye‐pigmented eggs of landlocked salmon were exposed to waterbone [ 14 C]‐labeled bisphenol A at four temperatures (2, 6, 8, and 12°C). Both in accumulation and depuration experiments, the eggs were exposed to a bisphenol A concentration of 1 μg/L for 196 h. In the depuration experiment, th...

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Published in:Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Main Authors: Honkanen, Jani O., Heinonen, Jari, Kukkonen, Jussi V.K.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2001
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620201023
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Summary:Abstract Eye‐pigmented eggs of landlocked salmon were exposed to waterbone [ 14 C]‐labeled bisphenol A at four temperatures (2, 6, 8, and 12°C). Both in accumulation and depuration experiments, the eggs were exposed to a bisphenol A concentration of 1 μg/L for 196 h. In the depuration experiment, the exposed eggs were placed into clean water for 96 h. At each sampling time, the eggs were dissected into three parts (eggshell, embryo, and yolk sac), and all of these parts were weighed and analyzed separately in a liquid scintillation counter. The results show that waterborne bisphenol A accumulates in developing salmon eggs. Accumulation of bisphenol A showed a clear trend both in whole eggs and in dissected parts: the higher the temperature, the higher the uptake rate constant and the concentration of bisphenol A. Steady state was reached only in the embryos at the lowest temperature; in other cases, accumulation was linear. Depuration was significant only in the embryos at 2 and 6°C. As the accumulation and the depuration results show, the elimination of bisphenol A was evidently more significant at lower temperatures.