Analyses of organochlorine pesticides residues in eels (Anguilla anguilla) from Lake Garda using Gas chromatography coupled with Tandem Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). ...

• Main Authors: Labella, Giuseppe Federico, Chiesa, Luca Maria, Panseri, Sara, Arioli, Francesco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety 2017
• Subjects: Pesticides residues; GC-MS/MS; Food Safety; environmental contaminants.; Anguilla anguilla; European eel
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13130/2283-3927/8377; http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/haf/article/view/8377

Lake Garda is located in Insubria region, that is known for being the most populated and industrialized area of Italy (Camusso et al., 2001). Therefore, the Lake water, and also the fish species present, could be affected by environmental contamination. European eel (Anguilla anguilla) are considered as suitable matrix for biomonitoring environmental contaminants in European water (Belpaire et al., 2007), being widespread in many European waters and highly contaminated by lipophilic compounds, due to the high lipid content (up to 40%) (Larsson et al., 1991). Moreover, eel is an edible species (its farming currently supplies approximately 45,000 tons/year) (Nielsen et al., 2008), so it also represents a public health issue. Based on these considerations, the aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of fourteen organochlorine pesticides (OCs) in forty-five eels (Anguilla anguilla) from Lake Garda, using Accelerated Solvent Extraction (ASE) procedure for the analytes extraction and Gas chromatography ... : International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, V. 4, N. 1s (2017) ...