Abstract
Levels of polychlorinated dioxins/furans (PCDD/PCDF) in selected environmental samples (soils, sediments, fish, and farm animals) were analyzed from the area of Phong My commune (Thua Thien-Hue province, Vietnam). This area was affected by Agent Orange spraying during the Vietnam war (1968-1971). Whereas PCDD/PCDF content in soil and sediment samples is relatively low and ranges between 0.05 and 5.1 pg WHO-TEQ/g for soils and between 0.7 and 6.4 pg WHO-TEQ/g for sediments, the PCDD/PCDF content in poultry muscle and liver in most cases exceeded the maximum permissible limit of dioxin content per unit fat mass. In some cases of soil and sediments samples, 2,3,7,8-TCDD represented more than 90% of the total PCDD/PCDF, which indicates Agent Orange as the main source.
Publication types
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
- 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / analysis
- 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / metabolism*
- 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / analysis
- 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / metabolism*
- Agent Orange
- Animals
- Defoliants, Chemical / analysis
- Defoliants, Chemical / metabolism*
- Dioxins / analysis
- Dioxins / metabolism*
- Environmental Monitoring*
- Environmental Pollutants / analysis*
- Environmental Pollutants / metabolism*
- Fishes / metabolism
- Furans / analysis
- Furans / metabolism*
- Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
- Humans
- Livestock / metabolism
- Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / analysis
- Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / metabolism*
- Vietnam
Substances
- Defoliants, Chemical
- Dioxins
- Environmental Pollutants
- Furans
- Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins
- 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid
- Agent Orange
- 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid