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Objective@#To study the pollution status of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) in cord blood of newborns in an e-waste dismantling area of Guangdong Province.@*Methods@#We recruited 20 eligible mothers and newborns who could meet the inclusion criteria in local hospitals of Guiyu in 2007. The inclusion criteria included directly engaged in dismantling e-waste during pregnancy and within 1 year before pregnancy; living in the e-waste dismantling workshops or the distance between living place and the e-waste dismantling areas was ≤200 m; the father of newborn was directly engaged in electronic waste dismantling for more than 1 year; the frequency of visiting the e-waste dismantling workshop during pregnancy was ≥3 times in a week. Questionnaires and physical examinations were performed on maternal and neonatal, and cord blood was collected from newborns to detect PCDD/Fs, PCB and PBDE. The concentration level of organic pollutants was corrected by the blood lipid content, and the total toxicity equivalent was calculated. The correlation between three compounds was analyzed by Spearman correlation.@*Results@#The mothers of the 20 newborns were (23.45±3.27) years old and lived for more than 5 years. The number of one parent engaged in e-waste dismantling, the mother or father smoking, and parent engaged in e-waste dismantling work were 3, 13, 15 and 19, respectively. The weight of newborns ranged from 2.5 to 3.6 kilogram and the Apgar score was 10 points. No adverse birth outcomes such as preterm birth, malformation or stillbirth were found. The median (maximum, minimum) concentration of PCBs, PCDD/Fs and PBDEs in cord blood were 263.22 (328.29, 244.19), 38.42 (147.49, 12.68), 39.33 (265.11, 14.81) pg/g lipid, respectively. The median (maximum, minimum) of toxic equivalence concentrations of PCDD/Fs and PCB were 3.94 (9.24, 2.69) and 15.95 (26.64, 9.28) pg TEQ/g lipid. PBDE, the proportion of PBDE, PCB and PCDD/Fs in cord blood was 50.41%, 49.25% and 0.34%, respectively. PCBs and PBDEs were positively correlated (r=0.733, P=0.039).@*Conclusion@#The high concentrations of PCDD/Fs, PCB, and PBDE were detected in the e-waste dismantling area. It is recommended that the risk of such substances on the health of local people should be assessed in a timely manner.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the present contamination status and profile of toxaphene in fish, chicken and meat samples in Pearl River Delta area.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Totally 60 independent samples including fish, chicken, meat were collected from Huizhou,Guangzhou,Dongguan,Jiangmen of Pearl River Delta area in Guangdong by purposive sampling from Oct 2010 to Jun 2011. Toxaphene monomer Parlar26, Parlar50 and Parlar62 levels in three various categories of foods were quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed referencing international authoritative standard methods by utilizing isotope dilution high-resolution gas chromatography/high-resolution double-focusing magnetic mass spectrometry (HRGC-HRMS). The levels of pollution and characteristics were compared.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The concentration of toxaphene median(M) in fish, chicken and meat were 12.87, 5.8 and 1.89 ng/kg (gross weight) , respectively and the difference was significant(H = 14.29, P = 0.001). The toxaphene level in seafish (M = 32.07 ng/kg) was significantly higher than that in freshwater fish (M = 10.63 ng/kg, Z = -2.52, P = 0.012). The profile analysis showed that Parlar50 and Parlar26 were the predominant characteristic monomers in fish, which contributed about 44% (9.91/22.60, ng/kg) and 39% (8.89/22.60, ng/kg) to total concentration, and Parlar62 and Parlar26 were the two predominant congeners in poultry products, the two congeners accounted for 42% (5.03/11.90, ng/kg) and 38% (4.58/11.90, ng/kg). Furthermore Parlar26 and Parlar62 made up about 57% (3.45/6.08, ng/kg) and 26% (1.58/6.08, ng/kg) of total concentration in livestock meat respectively.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Toxaphene levels in all tested food samples are far lower than the limited standard stipulated by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in 2002, which was 0.1 mg/kg. The congener characteristic difference in the three categories food indicated that the different enrichment ability in Toxaphene in different animal species.</p>
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Animals , Chromatography, Gas , Fishes , Food Contamination , Insecticides , Meat , Poultry , ToxapheneABSTRACT
Objective:To generate monoclonal antibodies against ciprofloxacin (CIP) and to analyze its immunological traits for establishing a determination method for ciprofloxacin residues in food tissues.Methods:BALB/c mice were immunized by the conjugation of CIP-BSA successfully.The splenic cells of BALB/c mice and the oncocyte were fused and screened in HAT culture medium.Cell strains of 1C9,3F6,6H2,6A7,6G11 and 8F5 were cloned,which could secret the monoclonal antibody (Mab) for ciprofloxacin.Results:By ELISA method,the haplotype of Mabs were identified.The antibody secreted by 1C9,3F6 and 6A7 were classified to the IgG2a.Those of 6H2 and 8F5 were classified to the IgG1 while 6G11 to IgG3.The results of SDS-PAGE showed that the Mab protein was made up of the weight chain and the light chain whose molecular weight were 50 kD and 25 kD,respectively.All of those Mabs had fine specificity and sensibility.The indirect ELISA titer of 1C9 was 1:6.4?102 in supernatant and 1:5.6?105 in ascites.The affinity of 1C9 was 2.85?109 L/mol and the value of IC50 reached to 245.86 ng/ml.The protein secreted by 1C9 was screened for establishing the ELISA method and the detective limitation reached to 45.25 ng/ml.There were no cross reactions to Ofloxacin,Difloxacin,Sarafloxacin,Malachite green,Chloramphenicol and Furacilin while the rate of cross reaction to Enrofloxacin could reach to 84.6%.Conclusion:The Mabs are sensitive and specific,which are suitable to be applied in establishing immunoassay of CIP residues.