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Abstract

The screening of hundreds of substances belonging to multiple chemical classes in liver is required in areas such as food safety or biomonitoring. We adapted a previous QuEChERS-based method in blood to the liver matrix and applied to these fields of study. The validation of the method allowed the inclusion of 351 contaminants, 80% with a LOQ < 2 ng/g. In the analysis of 42 consumer liver samples, we detected trace levels of 29 different contaminants. The most frequent and concentrated was 4,4’-DDE. POPs accounted for 66% of the compounds detected. In no case was the MRL reached for any of the contaminants detected. We also applied the method to 151 livers of wild birds to perform a biomonitoring pilot study in the Canary Islands. We detected 52 contaminants in 15 bird species. These were also mostly POPs, although high frequencies and concentrations of anticoagulant rodenticides (AR) and some other agricultural pesticides also stand out. POPs and AR contamination levels were significantly higher in terrestrial birds, raptors and particularly in nocturnal birds. Pesticide contamination levels were also higher in terrestrial birds, as well as in non-raptors and diurnal birds. The validated method is simple, robust, and sensitive and performs well in a variety of practical scenarios, where it can be carried out relatively quickly and inexpensively.

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Title
A Method Scope Extension for the Simultaneous Analysis of POPs, Current-Use and Banned Pesticides, Rodenticides, and Pharmaceuticals in Liver. Application to Food Safety and Biomonitoring
Author
Rial-Berriel, Cristian 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Acosta-Dacal, Andrea 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Zumbado, Manuel 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Henríquez-Hernández, Luis Alberto 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rodríguez-Hernández, Ángel 2 ; Macías-Montes, Ana 2 ; Boada, Luis D 4 ; María del Mar Travieso-Aja 5 ; Beatriz Martin Cruz 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Luzardo, Octavio P 3 

 Toxicology Unit, Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Paseo Blas Cabrera s/n, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; [email protected] (C.R.-B.); [email protected] (A.A.-D.); [email protected] (M.Z.); [email protected] (L.A.H.-H.); [email protected] (Á.R.-H.); [email protected] (A.M.-M.); [email protected] (L.D.B.); [email protected] (B.M.C.); Study Group on Wild Animal Conservation Medicine (GEMAS), 28040 Madrid, Spain 
 Toxicology Unit, Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Paseo Blas Cabrera s/n, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; [email protected] (C.R.-B.); [email protected] (A.A.-D.); [email protected] (M.Z.); [email protected] (L.A.H.-H.); [email protected] (Á.R.-H.); [email protected] (A.M.-M.); [email protected] (L.D.B.); [email protected] (B.M.C.) 
 Toxicology Unit, Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Paseo Blas Cabrera s/n, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; [email protected] (C.R.-B.); [email protected] (A.A.-D.); [email protected] (M.Z.); [email protected] (L.A.H.-H.); [email protected] (Á.R.-H.); [email protected] (A.M.-M.); [email protected] (L.D.B.); [email protected] (B.M.C.); Study Group on Wild Animal Conservation Medicine (GEMAS), 28040 Madrid, Spain; Spanish Biomedical Research Center in Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERObn), 28029 Madrid, Spain 
 Toxicology Unit, Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Paseo Blas Cabrera s/n, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; [email protected] (C.R.-B.); [email protected] (A.A.-D.); [email protected] (M.Z.); [email protected] (L.A.H.-H.); [email protected] (Á.R.-H.); [email protected] (A.M.-M.); [email protected] (L.D.B.); [email protected] (B.M.C.); Spanish Biomedical Research Center in Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERObn), 28029 Madrid, Spain 
 Grupo Hospitalario San Roque, C/Dolores de la Rocha, 35001 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; [email protected] 
First page
238
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
23056304
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2584501881
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.