Persistent organic pollutants (PCDD/Fs, dioxin-like PCBs, marker PCBs, and PBDEs) in health supplements on the Spanish market

Human health risk associated with brominated flame-retardants (BFRs)

“…The concentrations detected in selected omega-3 products from Norway, Spain, the United Kingdom and Canada are indicated in Table 4 (Martí et al, 2010;Rawn et al, 2009;http://www.vkm.no/dav/2158765ff5. pdf).…”

“…Furthermore, even though the intake of PBDEs via milk in infants was higher than, or close to, the safety value set by EFSA it was concluded that PBDEs in human milk are unlikely to raise health concern to breast-fed infants. Dietary intake of infants (b 1 year) was not considered because the panel was of the opinion that the available data were too limited to facilitate a reliable assessment of the margin of exposure (MOE) even though data exists on concentrations of PBDEs in other food and supplements such as cod liver oil (Martí et al, 2010).…”

Aspectos toxicológicos e ocorrência dos bifenilos policlorados em alimentos

“…Porém, comparando-se com o estudo realizado na China, o valor apresenta-se inferior (XING et al, 2009). Suplementos alimentares a base de óleo de fígado de bacalhau e azeite de oliva virgem também foram analisados na Espanha, constatando-se uma alta concentração de PCBs (YAGÜE et al, 2005;MARTÍ et al, 2010).…”

Conception And Development Of A System Used To Organize And Facilitate Access To Environmental Information

“…Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Environmental Matter Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds industrially synthesized and resistant to environmental degradation which may accumulate in fat tissues (Marti, et al, 2010;Esposito, et al, 2009). Being also semi-volatile, they may be transported over long distances by the atmosphere before being deposited.…”