Tissue distribution, bioaccumulation, and carcinogenic risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aquatic organisms from Lake Chaohu, China

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 749; p. 141577
• Main Authors: Qin, Ning, He, Wei, Liu, Wenxiu, Kong, Xiangzhen, Xu, Fuliu, Giesy, John P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 20.12.2020
• Subjects: Animals; Aquatic Organisms; Bioaccumulation; Carcinogens; China; Environmental Monitoring; Health risk; Humans; Lake Chaohu; Lakes; PAHs; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - analysis; Risk Assessment; Tissue Distribution; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; China; PAHs; Tissue distribution; Lake Chaohu; Bioaccumulation; Health risk

Freshwater products consumed in the diet are among the major sources of exposure of humans to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). In this study, eight freshwater organisms and environmental samples were collected from Chaohu Lake, the fifth-largest lake in China. The levels of PAHs in the colle...