Prev. Article Next Article Table of Contents

Article

Effects of River Flooding on PCDD/F and PCB Levels in Cows' Milk, Soil, and Grass

Figures
Citing Articles

Your current credentials do not allow retrieval of the full text.

Purchase the full-text

PDF/HTML,
figures/images,
references and tables,
(where available)

Iain R. Lake,*^† Christopher D. Foxall,^† Andrew A. Lovett,^† Alwyn Fernandes,^‡ Alan Dowding,^§ Shaun White,^‡ and Martin Rose^‡

School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U.K., Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, U.K., and Food Standards Agency, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH, U.K.

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2005, 39 (23), pp 9033–9038

DOI: 10.1021/es051433a

Publication Date (Web): October 28, 2005

Section:

Water

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a study examining whether the flooding of pasture by rivers gives rise to higher PCDD/F and PCB concentrations in cows' milk. Over 180 milk, soil, and grass samples, taken from 38 farms across 3 different river systems (River Dee, Trent, and Doe Lea/Rother/Don) in the United Kingdom, were analyzed for PCDD/Fs and PCBs. The concentrations were compared between flood-prone farms, where the animals had access to pasture that is often flooded, and control farms where the land does not flood. The results indicated that concentrations of PCDD/Fs and PCBs in cows' milk were higher in samples taken from farms prone to flooding, but only from the river systems flowing through industrial and urban areas. Raised levels of PCDD/F and PCBs were also found in soil and grass from farms prone to flooding providing strong corroborative evidence that the higher concentrations in cows' milk from such areas is likely to be due to the ingestion of contaminated grass and soil. Overall, the results provide strong evidence that flooding of pastureland can indeed result in elevated concentrations of PCDD/Fs and PCBs in milk from the farms so affected.

View: Full Text HTML | Hi-Res PDF | PDF w/ Links

Citing Articles

View all 6 citing articles

Citation data is made available by participants in CrossRef's Cited-by Linking service. For a more comprehensive list of citations to this article, users are encouraged to perform a search in SciFinder.

This article has been cited by 1 ACS Journal articles (1 most recent appear below).

Effects of River Flooding on Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) Levels in Cows’ Milk, Soil, and Grass
Iain R. Lake, Christopher D. Foxall, Alwyn Fernandes, Mervyn Lewis, Martin Rose, Oliver White, and Alan Dowding
Environmental Science & Technology2011 Article ASAP
- Effects of River Flooding on Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) Levels in Cows’ Milk, Soil, and Grass
  Iain R. Lake, Christopher D. Foxall, Alwyn Fernandes, Mervyn Lewis, Martin Rose, Oliver White, and Alan Dowding
  Environmental Science & Technology2011 Article ASAP
  The first investigation into PBDE levels in food produced from flood-prone land on industrial river catchments was conducted. In August 2008 samples of cows’ milk, along with grass and soil were taken from 5 pairs of flood-prone and control farms on the ...
  Abstract | Full Text HTML | Hi-Res PDF | PDF w/ Links