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Vol. 56 No. 4 (2020)
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2020-12-28
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Dioxins and PCBs contamination in mussels from Taranto (Ionian Sea, Southern Italy): a seven years spatio-temporal monitoring study

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Orazio Valerio Giannico , Francesco Desiante , Fabrizio Cosimo Basile , Ettore Franco , Simona Baldacci , Grazia Rita Fragnelli , Gianfranco Diletti , Michele Conversano

Keywords: Dioxins, PCBs, Environmental contamination, Taranto, Mussel

Abstract

Introduction. Taranto is of particular Public Health relevance for the presence of industrial
sources of dioxins and PCBs. The aim of this study was to monitor these pollutants
in mussels produced from 2012 to 2018.
Materials and methods. Mussels were collected on a monthly basis with random sampling.
Concentrations were determined through accredited methods.
Results. 622 samples were collected. Dioxins and PCBs showed higher median concentrations
in Mar Piccolo 1st Inlet (p s <0.0001; Dioxins: 1.43 pg WHO-TEQ/g ww;
Dioxins+DL-PCBs: 5.98 pg WHO-TEQ/g ww; DL-PCBs: 4.57 pg WHO-TEQ/g ww;
NDL-PCBs: 61.54 ng/g ww) and in III trimester for all basins (p s <0.02). In Mar Piccolo
1 st Inlet, there was a linear increase of dioxins and PCBs moving North (p s <0.05).
Conclusions. These findings confirmed higher concentrations in Mar Piccolo 1 st Inlet
during the summer period and supported the validity of the Public Health measures
adopted by the Department of Prevention of Taranto.

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Orazio Valerio Giannico - Department of Prevention, Local Health Authority of Taranto, Via Diego Peluso 117, 74121, Taranto, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5375-8841

Francesco Desiante - Department of Prevention, Local Health Authority of Taranto, Via Diego Peluso 117, 74121, Taranto, Italy

Fabrizio Cosimo Basile - Department of Prevention, Local Health Authority of Taranto, Via Diego Peluso 117, 74121, Taranto, Italy

Ettore Franco - Department of Prevention, Local Health Authority of Taranto, Via Diego Peluso 117, 74121, Taranto, Italy

Simona Baldacci - Department of Prevention, Local Health Authority of Taranto, Via Diego Peluso 117, 74121, Taranto, Italy

Grazia Rita Fragnelli - Department of Prevention, Local Health Authority of Taranto, Via Diego Peluso 117, 74121, Taranto, Italy

Gianfranco Diletti - National Reference Laboratory for Halogenated POPs in food and feed, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Via campo Boario, 64100, Teramo, Italy

Michele Conversano - Department of Prevention, Local Health Authority of Taranto, Via Diego Peluso 117, 74121, Taranto, Italy

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Giannico, O. V., Desiante, F., Basile, F. C., Franco, E., Baldacci, S., Fragnelli, G. R., Diletti, G., & Conversano, M. (2020). Dioxins and PCBs contamination in mussels from Taranto (Ionian Sea, Southern Italy): a seven years spatio-temporal monitoring study. Annali dell’Istituto Superiore Di Sanità, 56(4), 452–461. Retrieved from https://annali.iss.it/index.php/anna/article/view/1139
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