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Organochlorine pesticides in marine tucuxi dolphin milk incidentally captured with its calf in Barra de São João, east coast of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2009

J.F. de Moura ,
S. Siciliano ,
P.N. Sarcinelli  and
S. Hacon
J.F. de Moura*
Affiliation:
Mestrado Saúde Pública e Meio Ambiente, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública ENSP/FIOCRUZ Projeto de Monitoramento de Mamíferos Marinhos na Bacia de Campos, CENPES/PETROBRAS & ENSP/FIOCRUZ, Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Marinhos da Região dos Lagos-GEMM-Lagos
S. Siciliano
Affiliation:
Projeto de Monitoramento de Mamíferos Marinhos na Bacia de Campos, CENPES/PETROBRAS & ENSP/FIOCRUZ, Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Marinhos da Região dos Lagos-GEMM-Lagos Departamento de Endemias Samuel Pessoa, ENSP/FIOCRUZ
P.N. Sarcinelli
Affiliation:
Centro de Estudos da Saúde do Trabalhador e Ecologia Humana, ENSP/FIOCRUZ
S. Hacon
Affiliation:
Departamento de Endemias Samuel Pessoa, ENSP/FIOCRUZ
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.F. de Moura, Mestrado Saúde Pública e Meio Ambiente, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública ENSP/FIOCRUZ email: jailsonfm@gmail.com
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Abstract

We present the result of a milk analysis collected from a dead female of Sotalia guianensis (191 cm) incidentally captured in gill-net fishery together with its calf (70 cm) in November 2002, in Barra de São João, east coast of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The organochlorine pesticides with the highest concentration were endosulfan1 (5.86 ng g–1), followed by p-p′DDT (4.89 ng g–1), dieldrin (2.55 ng g–1) and HCB (2.41 ng g–1). These results show the high environmental persistency of these contaminants, and the transference capacity from the mother to the calf during lactation.

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Sotalia guianensisorganochlorine pesticidesRio de JaneiroBrazilmarine pollution

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e62
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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