Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in edible oils using the QuEChERS/GC‐MS method: A health risk assessment study

Population growth has made it difficult to provide safe food; because various toxic substances such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can contaminate food products such as edible oils which have very high-rate consumption worldwide. Aims of study are to determine the concentration of PCBs in edibl...

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Main Authors: Hadi Eghbaljoo, Mohammad Rezvani Ghalhari, Nabi Shariatifar, Gholamreza Jahed Khaniki, Ebrahim Molaee Aghaee, Mahmood Alizadeh Sani, Elahe Mansouri, Majid Arabameri
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023085250
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author Hadi Eghbaljoo
Mohammad Rezvani Ghalhari
Nabi Shariatifar
Gholamreza Jahed Khaniki
Ebrahim Molaee Aghaee
Mahmood Alizadeh Sani
Elahe Mansouri
Majid Arabameri
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Mohammad Rezvani Ghalhari
Nabi Shariatifar
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description Population growth has made it difficult to provide safe food; because various toxic substances such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can contaminate food products such as edible oils which have very high-rate consumption worldwide. Aims of study are to determine the concentration of PCBs in edible oil samples and to evaluate the carcinogenic risk of PCBs in them among Iranian people by Monte Calo Simulation (MCS). After finding the location of high customer hyper market in Tehran, 42 samples of 7 various types of edible oils were collected; then PCBs content of them measured using the modified QuEChERS (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe) extraction method and GC/MS technique. According to the findings the mean level of NDL-PCB in oil samples were ranged from 1.88 to 25.62 ng/g fat. Results of uncertainty analysis showed that among children the 95th percentile of Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risk (ILCR) were 7.80E-3, 5.37E-4, 5.37E-4, 2.00E-3, 1.59E-3, 13.9E-3 and 7.04E-4 for animal oil, corn oil, frying oil, olive oil, bran oil, sesame oil and sunflower oil, respectively. Also, the 95th percentile of ILCR among adults were 4.12E-2, 3.04E-3, 3.09E-3, 1.06E-2, 8.43E-3, 7.38E-3 and 3.74E-3 for animal oil, corn oil, frying oil, olive oil, bran oil, sesame oil and sunflower oil, respectively. The risk evaluation showed that in all edible oils the 95th percentile of simulated ILCR were more than 10−5, so it can be threatening health among both aging groups, although, the producers don't deliberately subject the users' lives to such danger, but high consumption rate and accumulation of PCBs in body tissues are contribute to increasing carcinogenic risk. Also, the 95th percentile of ILCR among adults were more than children, because the edible oil ingestion rate among adults was more than children.
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spelling doaj.art-6c19e76060a94fef9825528f6a57ac6a2023-12-02T07:01:50ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-11-01911e21317Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in edible oils using the QuEChERS/GC‐MS method: A health risk assessment studyHadi Eghbaljoo0Mohammad Rezvani Ghalhari1Nabi Shariatifar2Gholamreza Jahed Khaniki3Ebrahim Molaee Aghaee4Mahmood Alizadeh Sani5Elahe Mansouri6Majid Arabameri7Division of Food Safety and Hygiene, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDivision of Food Safety and Hygiene, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Corresponding author.Division of Food Safety and Hygiene, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDivision of Food Safety and Hygiene, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDivision of Food Safety and Hygiene, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranFood Safety Research Center (salt), Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranPopulation growth has made it difficult to provide safe food; because various toxic substances such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can contaminate food products such as edible oils which have very high-rate consumption worldwide. Aims of study are to determine the concentration of PCBs in edible oil samples and to evaluate the carcinogenic risk of PCBs in them among Iranian people by Monte Calo Simulation (MCS). After finding the location of high customer hyper market in Tehran, 42 samples of 7 various types of edible oils were collected; then PCBs content of them measured using the modified QuEChERS (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe) extraction method and GC/MS technique. According to the findings the mean level of NDL-PCB in oil samples were ranged from 1.88 to 25.62 ng/g fat. Results of uncertainty analysis showed that among children the 95th percentile of Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risk (ILCR) were 7.80E-3, 5.37E-4, 5.37E-4, 2.00E-3, 1.59E-3, 13.9E-3 and 7.04E-4 for animal oil, corn oil, frying oil, olive oil, bran oil, sesame oil and sunflower oil, respectively. Also, the 95th percentile of ILCR among adults were 4.12E-2, 3.04E-3, 3.09E-3, 1.06E-2, 8.43E-3, 7.38E-3 and 3.74E-3 for animal oil, corn oil, frying oil, olive oil, bran oil, sesame oil and sunflower oil, respectively. The risk evaluation showed that in all edible oils the 95th percentile of simulated ILCR were more than 10−5, so it can be threatening health among both aging groups, although, the producers don't deliberately subject the users' lives to such danger, but high consumption rate and accumulation of PCBs in body tissues are contribute to increasing carcinogenic risk. Also, the 95th percentile of ILCR among adults were more than children, because the edible oil ingestion rate among adults was more than children.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023085250Polychlorinated biphenylsHealth risk assessmentEdible oilsGas-chromatography mass spectrophotometry (GC/MS)
spellingShingle Hadi Eghbaljoo
Mohammad Rezvani Ghalhari
Nabi Shariatifar
Gholamreza Jahed Khaniki
Ebrahim Molaee Aghaee
Mahmood Alizadeh Sani
Elahe Mansouri
Majid Arabameri
Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in edible oils using the QuEChERS/GC‐MS method: A health risk assessment study
Heliyon
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Health risk assessment
Edible oils
Gas-chromatography mass spectrophotometry (GC/MS)
title Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in edible oils using the QuEChERS/GC‐MS method: A health risk assessment study
title_full Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in edible oils using the QuEChERS/GC‐MS method: A health risk assessment study
title_fullStr Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in edible oils using the QuEChERS/GC‐MS method: A health risk assessment study
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in edible oils using the QuEChERS/GC‐MS method: A health risk assessment study
title_short Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in edible oils using the QuEChERS/GC‐MS method: A health risk assessment study
title_sort analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls pcbs in edible oils using the quechers gc ms method a health risk assessment study
topic Polychlorinated biphenyls
Health risk assessment
Edible oils
Gas-chromatography mass spectrophotometry (GC/MS)
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023085250
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