Liem AKD ,
Beijen PC ,
Hijman WC ,
Theelen RMC ,
Derks HJGM ,
Jong APJM de
16 p
in Dutch
1993
Toon Nederlands
English Abstract This report describes the results of a study on the
occurrence of PCDDs and PCDFs in fat of sheep in the Netherlands. In the
period August 1990 to September 1991, a total of 21 fat samples from sheep
and lambs were collected in background areas in the provinces Noord-Holland
(Texel), Groningen, Friesland and Gelderland, where almost eighty percent of
all Dutch sheep are held. The other samples were taken from sheep and lambs
from areas near the (former) municipal solid waste incinerator at Zaandam
(five samples) and one sample was obtained from an ewe which was held on
waste dump site in Duiven Westervoort. In the samples the levels have been
determined of the seventeen 2,3,7,8-chlorine substituted PCDDs and PCDFs
(expressed as International Toxic Equivalents or TEQ), by using gas
chromatography and high resolution mass spectrometry.
