Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds can be analyzed by bioanalytical screening methods to
evaluate their biotoxicity. In vitro bioassays, based on 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase …

Previous studies documented poor productivity of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in
the lower Columbia River (LCR), USA, and elevated p, p …

Fly ash was collected from five large‐scale or pilot tests in which burning of bleached kraft
pulp mill sludge was studied. The content of dioxin‐like compounds in this fly ash was …

Halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (HAHs), such as 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
(TCDD), are a diverse group of widespread and persistent environmenlal contaminants …

Sanderling (Calidris alba) are a long distance migratory shorebird species found across a
large range of coastal winter sites throughout North, Central and South America. As with …

An in vitro ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) assay was used to study the ability of
individual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and mixtures of PAHs to induce Ah …

Hepatocytes cultures prepared from castrated pig hepatocytes (Great Yorkshire× Dutch
Landrace), as a model for human liver, were used to study the effect of twenty …

Variable levels of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons were measured in clams (Laternula
elliptica) collected from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Clams collected in and near Winter …

Cytochrome P450 1A1 CYP1A1 enzymatic activity was evaluated in cultured liver cells, and
taken as a biological indicator of the presence of inducers of this isoform in urban airborne …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses some aspects of the analysis and occurrence of
persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs) in food of animal origin, with emphasis on …