US EPA

1464690 

Journal Article 

POLYCHLORINATED TERPHENYLS IN THE ENVIRONMENT 

Zitko, V; Hutzinger, O; Jamieson, WD; Choi, PMK 

1972 

Yes 

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
ISSN: 0007-4861
EISSN: 1432-0800 

7 

4 

200-201 

English 

4205442 

THE PRESENCE OF POLYCHLORINATED TERPHENYLS (PCT) IN THE EGGS AND FATTY TISSUE OF HERRING GULLS (LARUS ARGENTATUS) FROM THE BAY OF FUNDY, CANADA, WAS DETERMINED BY GAS-LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY ON A 6 FT BY 4 MM GLASS COLUMN CONTAINING 3 PERCENT OV-210 ON CHROMOSORB WAW 60/80, AND OPERATED AT 200 C. PCT RESIDUES WERE CONFIRMED BY CHLORINATION WITH ANTIMONY PENTACHLORIDE IN SEALED GLASS TUBES FOR 4 HR AT 170-180 C. THE LEVEL OF PCT IN SUBCUTANEOUS FAT AND EGGS OF HERRING GULLS WAS 1.4 AND 0.1 MICROGRAMS, RESPECTIVELY WHEN EXPRESSED AS AROCLOR 5460 ON WET WEIGHT BASIS. PCT'S WERE NOT DETECTED IN EGGS AND FATTY TISSUE OF DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANTS (PHALACROCORAX AURITUS) FROM THE SAME AREA INDICATING THAT PCT'S ARE NOT AS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED IN THE ENVIRONMENT AS POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS. (SNYDER-BATTELLE) 

HERRING GULLS; *BIRD EGGS; WATER BIRDS; FAT TISSUE; BAY OF FUNDY; LARUS ARGENTATUS; *GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; CANADA; *CORMORANTS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; ABSORPTION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; BIOASSAY; *EGGS; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; *POLLUTANT IDENTIFICATION; PESTICIDES; *POLYCHLORINATED TERPHENYLS; AROCLOR 5460; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; *GULLS