| Literature DB >> 31590776 |
Harshica Fernando1, Hyunsu Ju2, Ramu Kakumanu3, Kamlesh K Bhopale3, Sharon Croisant2, Cornelis Elferink4, Bhupendra S Kaphalia3, G A Shakeel Ansari5.
Abstract
A community-based participatory research was utilized to address the coastal community's concern regarding Deepwater Horizon oil contamination of seafood. Therefore, we analyzed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), major toxic constituents of crude oil, in the seafood collected from gulf coast (Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi) during December 2011-February 2014. PAHs were extracted from edible part of shrimp, oysters, and crabs by the QuEChERS/dsPE procedure and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The total PAHs data were further analyzed using the General Linear Mixed Model procedure of the SAS (Version 9.3, SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC) statistical software. Brown shrimp showed statistically significant differences in PAHs levels with respect to time and locations while white shrimp showed differences at various time points. PAHs levels in oyster and crab samples were not statistically different at the Type I error of 0.05. Overall, the PAHs levels are far below FDA levels of concern for human consumption.Entities:
Keywords: Deepwater Horizon oil spill; Petrogenic PAHs; Seafood
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Year: 2019 PMID： 31590776 PMCID： PMC6785834 DOI： 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.05.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mar Pollut Bull ISSN： 0025-326X Impact factor: 5.553