Arsenic residues in predatory birds from an area of Britain with naturally and anthropogenically elevated arsenic levels

Erry, B V; Macnair, Mark R.; Meharg, Andrew A.; Shore, Richard F.; Newton, Ian

doi:10.1016/s0269-7491(99)00055-x

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“…The level of As in the shells of the Great Tit Parus major and the Blue Tit P. caeruleus living in contaminated areas in Belgium did not exceed 4.2 ppm (Dauwe et al 1999), while the As concentration in tissues and egg contents in the Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris from Japan did not exceed 2.91 ppm DW (Kubota et al 2002). According to the data of Erry et al (1999), the As concentration in the organs of birds of prey originating from the UK did not exceed 0.346 ppm DW, while the highest concentrations described in the literature (56 ppm DW and 40.6 ppm DW) were found in the liver of a dead Osprey Pandion haliaetus (Wiemeyer et al 1980) and Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater (NAS 1977). According to Mandal and Suzuki (2002) an average level of As measured in freshwater fish amounts to 0.54 ppm in wet weight, although some values reach as up to 77 ppm.…”

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Geographical and habitat differences in concentrations of copper, zinc and arsenic in eggshells of the Rook Corvus frugilegus in Poland

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Levels of copper, zinc, and arsenic were analyzed in the Rook Corvus frugilegus eggshells from 43 breeding colonies located in different parts of Poland. The average [95% confidence interval (CI)] level of copper was found to be 8.13 (0.64-15.62) ppm, of zinc 13.81 (7.99-19.62) ppm, and of arsenic 32.57 (25.60-39.54) ppm. The concentration levels of these metals varied widely in the surveyed shells, with the difference between extreme values being 90-fold for copper, 57-fold for zinc, and 36-fold for arsenic. General linear model (GLM) analysis revealed that the accumulation of copper in eggshells from urban rookeries was significantly higher than that in eggshells from rookeries in villages [average 19.31 (4.57-43.20) vs. 2.74 (2.36-3.12) ppm, respectively]. In comparison, the concentration of zinc in eggshells of urban colonies was only close to being significantly higher than that in eggshells of rural colonies (P = 0.07), and the arsenic levels in eggshells of rural and urban colonies were similar. No significant differences were found for any of the metals between rookeries located in the areas of intensive (western Poland) and extensive (eastern Poland) agriculture. Based on a comparison of our data with published data on arsenic contamination in different biota, including tissues and bird eggs of terrestrial and aquatic animals, the level of arsenic in Rook eggshells found in our study can be regarded as extremely high and is most likely due to the widespread use of pesticides containing arsenic.

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Geographical and habitat differences in concentrations of copper, zinc and arsenic in eggshells of the Rook Corvus frugilegus in Poland

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“…Land use was classified within a 10 km 2 area around the nest site from which an egg was taken; this represented the approximate foraging range for individual nesting sparrowhawks. 39,40 Land use was determined by GIS using data from the 2000 UK Land Cover Map 41 at 1 km resolution. For simplicity, land use classifications were condensed into five groups: urban, arable, grassland, woodland, and seminatural.…”

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Long-Term Trends in PBDEs in Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) Eggs Indicate Sustained Contamination of UK Terrestrial Ecosystems

Crosse

Shore

Wadsworth

et al. 2012

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…Terrestrial vertebrates have been reported to be exposed to heavy metals in contaminated areas and to bioaccumulate them in different tissues (Hyva¨rinen and Nygre´n, 1993;Burger et al, 1994Burger et al, , 2000Gochfeld et al, 1996;Erry et al, 1999;Pereira et al, 1999b;Ka˚la˚s et al, 2000;Mertens et al, 2001). Therefore, animals have long served to evaluate inorganic compound exposures, especially for Cd, Hg and Pb (Talmage and Walton, 1991).…”

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Tissues and hair residues and histopathology in wild rats (Rattus rattus L.) and Algerian mice (Mus spretus Lataste) from an abandoned mine area (Southeast Portugal)

Pereira

Ribeiro

et al. 2006

Environmental Pollution

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Data gathered in this study suggested the exposure of rats and Algerian mice, living in an abandoned mining area, to a mixture of heavy metals. Although similar histopathological features were recorded in the liver and spleen of both species, the Algerian mouse has proved to be the strongest bioaccumulator species. Hair was considered to be a good biological material to monitor environmental contamination of Cr in rats. Significant positive associations were found between the levels of this element in hair/kidney (r=0.826, n=9, p<0.01) and hair/liver (r=0.697, n=9, p=0.037). Although no association was found between the levels of As recorded in the hair and in the organs, the levels of this element recorded in the hair, of both species, were significantly higher in animals captured in the mining area, which met the data from the organs analysed. Nevertheless, more studies will be needed to reduce uncertainty about cause-effect relationships.

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Arsenic residues in predatory birds from an area of Britain with naturally and anthropogenically elevated arsenic levels

Cited by 34 publications

References 13 publications

Geographical and habitat differences in concentrations of copper, zinc and arsenic in eggshells of the Rook Corvus frugilegus in Poland

Geographical and habitat differences in concentrations of copper, zinc and arsenic in eggshells of the Rook Corvus frugilegus in Poland

Long-Term Trends in PBDEs in Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) Eggs Indicate Sustained Contamination of UK Terrestrial Ecosystems

Tissues and hair residues and histopathology in wild rats (Rattus rattus L.) and Algerian mice (Mus spretus Lataste) from an abandoned mine area (Southeast Portugal)

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