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Álvarez-Muñoz D, Rodríguez-Mozaz S, Jacobs S, Serra-Compte A, Cáceres N, Sioen I, Verbeke W, Barbosa V, Ferrari F, Fernández-Tejedor M, Cunha S, Granby K, Robbens J, Kotterman M, Marques A, Barceló D. Pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in raw and cooked seafood from European market: Concentrations and human exposure levels. Environ Int 2018; 119:570-581. [PMID: 30172197 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Pharmaceuticals (PhACs) and endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are chemicals of emerging concern that can accumulate in seafood sold in markets. These compounds may represent a risk to consumers through effects on the human reproductive system, metabolic disorders, pathogenesis of breast cancer or development of microbial resistance. Measuring their levels in highly consumed seafood is important to assess the potential risks to human health. Besides, the effect of cooking on contaminant levels is relevant to investigate. Therefore, the objectives of this research were to study the presence and levels of PhACs and EDCs in commercially available seafood in the European Union market, to investigate the effect of cooking on contaminant levels, and to evaluate the dietary exposure of humans to these compounds through seafood consumption. A sampling survey of seafood from 11 European countries was undertaken. Twelve highly consumed seafood types were analysed raw and cooked with 3 analytical methods (65 samples, 195 analysis). PhACs were mostly not detectable or below quantification limits in seafood whereas EDCs were a recurrent group of contaminants quantified in the majority of the samples. Besides, cooking by steaming significantly increased their levels in seafood from 2 to 46-fold increase. Based on occurrence and levels, bisphenol A, methylparaben and triclosan were selected for performing a human exposure assessment and health risk characterisation through seafood consumption. The results indicate that the Spanish population has the highest exposure to the selected EDCs through seafood consumption, although the exposure via seafood remained below the current toxicological reference values.
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Affiliation(s)
- Diana Álvarez-Muñoz
- Water Quality Area, Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Girona, Spain; Water and Soil Quality Research Group, Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Water Quality Area, Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Girona, Spain
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- Water Quality Area, Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Girona, Spain
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- Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Division of Aquaculture and Upgrading, Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), Lisbon, Portugal
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- LAQV-REQUIMTE, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (DTU Food), Lyngby, Denmark
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- Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Animal Sciences Unit - Fisheries, Oostende, Belgium
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- Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (IMARES), Wageningen University and Research Centre, Ijmuiden, Netherlands
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- Division of Aquaculture and Upgrading, Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), Lisbon, Portugal
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- Water Quality Area, Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Girona, Spain; Water and Soil Quality Research Group, Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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Rodríguez-Gil JL, Cáceres N, Dafouz R, Valcárcel Y. Caffeine and paraxanthine in aquatic systems: Global exposure distributions and probabilistic risk assessment. Sci Total Environ 2018; 612:1058-1071. [PMID: 28892846 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study presents one of the most complete applications of probabilistic methodologies to the risk assessment of emerging contaminants. Perhaps the most data-rich of these compounds, caffeine, as well as its main metabolite (paraxanthine), were selected for this study. Information for a total of 29,132 individual caffeine and 7442 paraxanthine samples was compiled, including samples where the compounds were not detected. The inclusion of non-detect samples (as censored data) in the estimation of environmental exposure distributions (EEDs) allowed for a realistic characterization of the global presence of these compounds in aquatic systems. EEDs were compared to species sensitivity distributions (SSDs), when possible, in order to calculate joint probability curves (JPCs) to describe the risk to aquatic organisms. This way, it was determined that unacceptable environmental risk (defined as 5% of the species being potentially exposed to concentrations able to cause effects in>5% of the cases) could be expected from chronic exposure to caffeine from effluent (28.4% of the cases), surface water (6.7% of the cases) and estuary water (5.4% of the cases). Probability of exceedance of acute predicted no-effect concentrations (PNECs) for paraxanthine were higher than 5% for all assessed matrices except for drinking water and ground water, however no experimental effects data was available for paraxanthine, resulting in a precautionary deterministic hazard assessment for this compound. Given the chemical similarities between both compounds, real effect thresholds, and thus risk, for paraxanthine, would be expected to be close to those observed for caffeine. Negligible Human health risk from exposure to caffeine via drinking or groundwater is expected from the compiled data.
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Affiliation(s)
- J L Rodríguez-Gil
- Research and Teaching Group in Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment (TAyER), Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada.
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- Research and Teaching Group in Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment (TAyER), Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain; Seguridad y Bienestar Animal, S.L., Barcelona, Spain
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- Research and Teaching Group in Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment (TAyER), Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Research and Teaching Group in Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment (TAyER), Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medicine and Surgery, Psychology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Immunology and Medical Microbiology, Nursery and Stomatology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28922, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain.
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Domingo M, Gil O, Serrano E, Guirado E, Nofrarias M, Grassa M, Cáceres N, Pérez B, Vilaplana C, Cardona PJ. Effectiveness and Safety of a Treatment Regimen Based on Isoniazid Plus Vaccination withMycobacterium tuberculosiscells’ Fragments: Field-Study with NaturallyMycobacterium caprae-Infected Goats. Scand J Immunol 2009; 69:500-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2009.02251.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Soler T, Arbo G, Cáceres N. [Pulmonary thromboembolism associated with antiphospholipid syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus]. Rev Med Chil 2000; 128:899-903. [PMID: 11129552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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The association between systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome can cause several complications. We report a 45 years old woman, treated with steroids for a systemic lupus erythematosus. She presented with a clinical picture of a lupus pneumonitis and, subsequently, with the picture of a pulmonary thromboembolism. The diagnosis was confirmed by helicoidal computed axial tomography. The patient was treated with anticoagulants, with a favourable outcome.
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- T Soler
- Servicio de Medicina, Instituto Nacional del Tórax, Hospital del Salvador
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Cáceres N, Cerda M, Ribalta J, Wainstein E. [Hepatitis C virus infection presenting as a polyarthritis: report of 2 cases]. Rev Med Chil 1997; 125:1357-60. [PMID: 9609058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Several disease have been associated with hepatitis C virus infections, including rheumatologic, hematologic and neoplastic disorders. We report two women, aged 57 and 39 years old whom the initial presentation of hepatitis C virus infection was an arthritis resembling rheumatoid arthritis. Laboratory work up revealed abnormal liver function tests, stimulating the search for hepatitis C virus infection, having both patients positive ELISA tests. Detection of this agent is extremely important when selecting a therapy for the articular disease, since several drugs used in the treatment of rheumatic disorders are potentially hepatotoxic and immunosuppression is risky in the setting of a viral hepatitis.
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- N Cáceres
- Servicio Medicina, Hospital del Salvador, Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Medicina, Santiago, Chile
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