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Table 4 Concentrations (ng/g ww) of dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethans (DDTs) in meat, liver, tallow and bone marrow from reindeer

From: Persistent organic pollutants in meat, liver, tallow and bone marrow from semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.) in Northern Norway

Compound

Meat (% fat; mean: 2, range: 0.8 – 3.8)

Liver (% fat; mean: 5.6, range: 4.4 – 8.6v

 

N

n

% > LOD

Min. – Max.

LOD

N

n

% > LOD

Min. – Max.

LOD

p,p´-DDT

27

2

7.4

0.03 – 0.13

0.02

27

0

0

 

0.07

o,p´-DDT/p,P-DDD

23

0

0

 

0.04

26

5

19.2

0.02 – 0.10

0.02

p,p´-DDE

23

3

13

0.10 – 0.89

0.08

23

2

8.7

0.11 – 0.13

0.08

 

Tallow (% fat; mean: 78.9, range: 72.6 – 86.1)

Bone Marrow (% fat; mean: 71.7, range: 58.9 – 89.6)

p,p´-DDT

25

0

0

 

0.40

19

1

5.3

<0.06 – 0.09

0.06

o,p´-DDT/ p,p -DDD

30

0

0

 

0.25

20

3

15

0.06 – 0.10

0.06

p,p´-DDE

24

8

33.3

0.49 – 3.01

0.48

22

10

45.5

0.34 – 0.68

0.26

  1. Legend: N = total number of samples. n = number of samples in which PBDEs were detected. LOD Limit of detection. % >LOD = Percentage of samples with concentrations above the LOD. Min. – Max. = Minimum and maximum concentrations. Note: o,p´-DDE and o,p´-DDD concentrations were below the limit of detection (< LOD) in all samples from meat (N = 24), liver (N = 30/ 26), tallow (N = 30/ 25) and bone marrow (N = 23/ 29). The LODs for o,p´-DDE and o,p´-DDD were 0.26/ 0.19 for meat, liver (0.24/ 0.22), tallow (0.75/ 1.3) and bone marrow (0.41/ 0.72) ng/g ww, respectively.
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147