Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada
Volume 12, Número 1, Março 2012, Páginas 7-15

DOI: 10.5894/rgci280
Submission – April 18, 2011; Evaluation – July 3, 2011; Reception of revised manuscript – July 13, 2011; Accepted – September 8, 2011; Available on-line – 22 February 2012

Measurement of chlorinated dioxins, furans and PCBs in Ardea alba Great Egret, and Puffinus puffinus Manx Shearwater: Ilha Grande Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *

Medição dos níveis de poluentes orgânicos persistentes em Ardea alba (Linnaeus, 1758), Garça branca, e Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764), Pardela. Estudo de caso: baía da Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Aldo Pacheco Ferreira^{@, 1}

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@ - Corresponding author: aldoferreira@ensp.fiocruz.br
1 - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Centro de Estudos da Saúde do Trabalhador e Ecologia Humana, Fiocruz (National School of Public Health, Center for the Study of Workers Health and Human Ecology, Fiocruz) , Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, 1480, 21.041-210, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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RESUMO
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) concentrations were measured in seabirds from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Species, Great Egret and Manx Shearwater, were collected in 2008-2010 on Ilha Grande bay. Detectable hepatic concentrations of PCDD/Fs and PCBs were found in all samples analyzed. The concentrations were below the range of concern established by WHO. This is the first measurements of PCDD/Fs and PCBs congeners in seabirds from this area, and suggests that future studies should take note of the results in order to test for a greater range of compounds and species and to determine levels of environmental contamination.

Palavras-chave:Persistent organic pollutant; risk to environment and health; seabird; dioxin; polychlorinated biphenyl ethers

ABSTRACT
Concentrações de dibenzeno-p-dioxinas policloradas (PCDD), dibenzofuranos policlorados (PCDF) e bifenilas policloradas (PCBs) foram analisadas em aves marinhas do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Ardea alba e Puffinus puffinnus foram coletadas durante 2008-2010 na baía da Ilha Grande. Detectáveis concentrações hepáticas da PCDD/Fs e PCBs foram encontradas em todas as amostras analisadas, apesar da concentração dos poluentes pesquisados estarem dentro dos limites de segurança estabelecidos pela OMS. Estes dados representam algumas das primeiras medições de PCDD/Fs e PCBs em aves marinhas da área, e pressupõe que futuros estudos devam dar sequencia a esta iniciativa, de forma a se ter uma maior gama de testes ampliando as espécies pesquisadas, bem como uma abrangência dos níveis de contaminação ambiental.

Keywords: Poluente orgânico persistente; risco ao ambiente e saúde; ave marinha; dioxinas, éteres bifenilos policlorados.

 

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