DocumentCode
3342748
Title
Notice of Retraction
Concentrations, Patterns and Risk Assessment of Representative Organochlorines in Biotic Samples from Taihu Lake, China
Author
Ying Wang ; Yanling Qiu ; Li Li ; Yuan Cao ; Zhiliang Zhu ; Jianfu Zhao ; Yong Fei ; Enqin Yao ; Yuxin Yao
Author_Institution
Key Lab. of Yangtze River Water Environ., Tongji Univ., Shanghai, China
fYear
2011
fDate
10-12 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
Concentrations of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in a batch of aquatic organisms from Taihu Lake were determined with GC-ECD. Meanwhile, a preliminary human health risk assessment was conducted. The concentrations of hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and PCBs were in the following ranking order: DDTs >; HCHs >; PCBs >; HCB in snail and DDTs >; PCBs >; HCHs >; HCB in white shrimp and silver fish, respectively. The levels of organochlorines (OCs) were in the following ranking order: snail <; white shrimp <; silver fish. The results may indicate the bioaccumulation of OCPs and PCBs in aquatic organisms. Referring to the reference values given by USEPA Integrated Risk Information System, calculated hazard ratios (HRs) based on contaminants´ carcinogenic and non carcinogenic health effects in adults in the general population were all <;1. The results indicated that exposure of HCHs, HCB, DDTs and PCBs was unlikely to result in any adverse health effects.
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
Concentrations of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in a batch of aquatic organisms from Taihu Lake were determined with GC-ECD. Meanwhile, a preliminary human health risk assessment was conducted. The concentrations of hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and PCBs were in the following ranking order: DDTs >; HCHs >; PCBs >; HCB in snail and DDTs >; PCBs >; HCHs >; HCB in white shrimp and silver fish, respectively. The levels of organochlorines (OCs) were in the following ranking order: snail <; white shrimp <; silver fish. The results may indicate the bioaccumulation of OCPs and PCBs in aquatic organisms. Referring to the reference values given by USEPA Integrated Risk Information System, calculated hazard ratios (HRs) based on contaminants´ carcinogenic and non carcinogenic health effects in adults in the general population were all <;1. The results indicated that exposure of HCHs, HCB, DDTs and PCBs was unlikely to result in any adverse health effects.
Keywords
aquaculture; biotechnology; chromatography; contamination; health hazards; organic compounds; risk analysis; water pollution; DDT; GC-ECD; HCB; HCH; OCP; PCB; Taihu Lake; USEPA Integrated Risk Information System; aquatic organisms; bioaccumulation; biotic samples; contaminant carcinogenic health effects; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes; hazard ratios; hexachlorobenzene; hexachlorocyclohexanes; non carcinogenic health effects; organochlorine pesticides; polychlorinated biphenyls; preliminary human health risk assessment; representative organochlorines; silver fish; snail; white shrimp; Benchmark testing; Hazards; Humans; Lakes; Marine animals; Risk management; Silver;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, (iCBBE) 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Wuhan
ISSN
2151-7614
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5088-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/icbbe.2011.5781368
Filename
5781368
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