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Major class of pollutants inorganic ions Metals anions organometallic compounds; organomercury compounds, organotin compounds Organic pollutants hydrocarbons PCB, PCDD, PCDF, PBB, organochlorine insecticides, OPs
Agent orange used by US military. Powerful herbicide. contaminated with TCDD, belongs to family of dioxins. one million people were disabled to agent orange. increase in the rate of birth defects enormous environmental damage Minamata disease symptom. Ataxia, numbness in hands and feet. Muscle weakness, narrowing of the vision, damage to hearing and speech. Congenital form of the disease neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. bioaccumulated in shellfish and fish in Minamata bay. Resulted in mercury poisoning. chisso company dumped mercury compounds into Minamata bay Glyphosate most widely used herbicide in the US. Glyphosate was detected in urine. Recent domestic pollution cases ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๊ฐ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ Chemical Abstracts Service, CAS 194,000,000 chemical substances ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Some populations of aquatic mammals and birds are highly exposed to dioxins and related chemicals. Exposure to these chemicals produces a wide range of species-specific toxic and biological effects in wild Mass mortality of aquatic mammals; considered immunosuppression by high accumulation of environmental contaminants Environmental pollution problem long time, complex, urgent, all organisms. ET refers to the scientific study of the potential effects upon organisms of anthropogenic compounds released into the nature.
Evidence of impacts from DDT in pelican, cormorant, stork, and egret eggs from KwaZulu-Natal, south Africa ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ insecticide ๏ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ in south Africa pelican egg had the highest DDT concentration ppโ-DDE, ppโ-DDD ๋ ๋ ๋ eggshell thickness ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ Environmental exposure to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and potential contribution to eggshell thinning in birds. NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) cause eggshell thinning. cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibition, similarly to DDT. Wild birds ๋ ๋ observed. ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ -> ๋ ๋ -> ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ -> birds ๋ ๋ ER ๋ ๋ Ca2+ effulx ๊ฐ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Historic need for ecotoxicology; accelerated a paradigm shift dilution paradigm: the solution to pollution is dilution. (dilution ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ , ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ , ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๏ boomerang paradigm : ๋ ๊ฐ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . chemical ๋ dilution paradigm ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Bio accumulation ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Rachel carsonโs silent spring was widely credited with helping to launch the environmental movement. ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ pesticides ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . DDT ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ ๋ ๋ ๋ .
3 historic need 3 NSAID can cause eggshell thinning in birds. cyclooxygenase inhibition, similarly to DDT NSSAID production and emissions into aquatic environment ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๊ฐ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ , ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Used in both human and veterinary. ibuprofen, naproxen, and carprofen ; propionic acids COX-2 inhibitors oxicams, acetic acids poorly degraded by wastewater treatment plants, continuously flow into water bodies in most areas of the world. Environmental and wildlife exposure to NSAIDs ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ scavanger ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ accumulation. The process of eggshell formation eggshell ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ calcite ๋ ๋ ๋ inorganic mineral ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . unshelled egg enters the shell gland, prostaglandin E2 level increase. PGE2 infulx -> ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ Ca2+๋ HCO3- -> calcite ๋ ๋ . calcite ๊ฐ egg shell ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Mechanism of action for chemically induced eggshell thinning ; cyclooxygenase- prostaglandin pathway. COX2 catalyze conversion of the fatty acid into prostaglandin G2 (PGG2) -> PGH2 -> PGE2and PGF2 binding to GPCR prostaglandin F Rc EP3 Rc ; PIP3 ๏ IP3 +DAG , through PLC IP3 ๊ฐ ER ๋ ITPR ๋ binding ๏ Ca 2+ efflux Pathways affected by NSAIDs DDE and NSAIDs mechanisms are similar. DDT exposure in bird inhibit prostaglandin synthesis by COX. ๏ reduction of Ca2+ ๏ eggshell thinning. ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ other chemicals ๏ eggshell thinning Using the US EPAโs comptox chemicals dashboard, we show that NSAIDs are predicted to strongly inhibit COX. US EPA integrates diverse types of relevant domain data. physiochemical, environmental fate and transport, exposure, usage, in vivo toxicity, and in vitro bioassay data, surfaced through an integration hub CompTox chemicals dashboard.
technological goal ; to develop and then apply tools and methods to acquire a better understanding of contaminants fate and effects in the biosphere. practical goal ; the application of available scientific knowledge and technologies to document or solve specific problems
Major class inorganic ions metals anions organometallic compounds organic pollutants hydrocarbons, PCB, PCDD, PCD, PCDF, PBB, Definition of metals high reflectivity high electrical conductivity, decreasing with increasing temperature, ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ high thermal conductivity ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ mechanical properties such as strength and ductility. Metals they are natural substances mining ๋ smelting ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ pollutant ๋ ๋ ๋ anthropogenic enrichment factor (AEF) : the extent to which human activity contributes to global cycles of metal can be described by AEF ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ pollutant ๊ฐ ๋ ๋ . Sources for metal emission emissions to the atmosphere; fossil fuel, incineration of garbage, metal smelting emission into water; mining, atmospheric deposition emission to soil ; pesticides indirect mobilization of metals; acid rain Heavy metals metals or metalloids must have a density relative to water of greater than five aluminum; relative density only 1.5 but important pollutant Determinants of metal toxicity physical state, atomic properties, reactivity, biological phenomena Toxicity of metals in ET elemental density ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . bonding tendencies; ๋ ๋ substances ๋ interaction ๋ ๋ ๋ . Chemical ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ligand ๊ฐ ๋ ๋ ๋ . bonding tendencies ๋ ๋ ๋ other chemical ๋ interaction predict ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . cell ๋ substances ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . HSAB theory ๋ ๋ ๋ soft acids prefer to combine with a soft base, and similarly, hard acids prefer a hard base. bonding tendency Toxicity of metals heavy metals disrupt cellular events including growth, proliferation, differentiation, damage-repairing processes, and apoptosis
Mercury : dental amalgams ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Neurotoxicity, endocrine disruption lead: batteries. Immunotoxicity. Neurotoxicity cadmium: batteries. Immunotoxicity. Endocrine disruption Lead most commonly used metals environmental lead is primarily a result of human activity. -> toxic substance ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ lead : ๋ ๋ (๋ ๋ ๊ฐ๋ )๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ lead ๋ ๊ฐ Lead poisoning can occur by ingesting water, food, objects, or soil that is contaminated by lead. common sources of lead include chipped or peeling paint in older houses, water from lead pipes, and soil near highways, factories, or airports. lead poisoning occurs when lead builds up in the body over months or years Lead โ children lead containing paint is a primary source of lead exposure in children children can absorb 42% of ingested lead, ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ absorb ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ paint -> soil contamination -> child ๊ฐ soil ๋ ๋ ๋ -> Pb exposure up Anthropogenic US lead emissions by source ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ lead emission ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ nonroad engines ๋ ๋ ๋ lead emissions unchanged. Flint water crisis high levels of lead in the tap water of some flint homes ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . More acidic pipe ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ lead + corrosion control ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ pb ๋ ๋ Lead โ pathophysiology the main body compartments that store lead are the blood, soft tissues, and bone lead and other heavy metals create reactive radicals(ROS) which damage cell structure including DNA and cell membranes harmful to the developing immune system, risk of asthma. binds to sulfhydryl groups found on many enzymes ๏ protein inhibition organic lead ๏ skin ๋ ๋ ๋ absorbed generation of free radicals ๏ oxidative stress Heme metabolism. Known and suspected interactions by lead are indicated the first measurable effects of lead are in the bloodstream, where the activities of heme- biosynthetic enzymes ALAD are inhibited. ALA activity in erythrocytes has been used as an index of lead exposure and risk lead causes accumulation of ALA and coproporphyrins, both increase in serum/plasma and excreted into urine.
๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ binding -> ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ lead interferes with the release of nt. Blocking NMDA receptors Lead poisoning wildlife caused by ingestion of lead shot ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ lead ๊ฐ ๋ ๋ . waterfowl are exposed to high lead concentrations through the ingestion of spent lead gunshot. golden eagles and white tailed eagles. scavanger ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ lead poisoning lead bullet ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Effects of lead exposure on sperm quality and reproductive success in an avian sublethal effects Pb exposure has on the breeding performance three pellets reduced the hatching rate of females and decreased the acrosome integrity and sperm motility of males.
Northern fur seal ๋ black-footed albatross ๋ ๋ HgSe ๋ ๋ , ๋ element ๊ฐ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ Hg ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ disease ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ? detoxification mechanism of elements in the liver cells of marine mammals and birds demethylation ๋ ๋ (liver ๋ ๋ ) ๏ elemental ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ Hg ๋ Se ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ thiol ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ high molecular weight ๋ ๊ฐ๋ protein ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . metal binding protein ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ metallothionein ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . lysosome ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ degradation ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ HgSe ๋ ๋ ๋ mineralization ๋ ๋ no toxic impact ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ demethylation ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Methyl mercury ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ mercury ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . No disease
Metalloid Both arsenic and selenium form oxyanions. pohosphates ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Involved in essential biochemical processes and molecules contributes to arsenateโs poisonous tendencies. form compounds with toxic metals. Distribution of As crust, soil, water(seawater, hot spring), air, wild animal(marine animal, lower trophic animal), human Usage wood preservative, pesticide, herbicide, medicine, glass, semiconductor material, poison, toxic gas Toxicity of As As ๋ phosphate ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ , ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ , ๋ ๋ Toxicity of inorganic As ๋ ๋ chemical form ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . inorganic form ; arsenite, arsenate ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ pesticide ๋ As ๊ฐ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Toxicity of organic arsenic organic form ๋ arsenic ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . arsenobetaine, arsenosugar. Toxicity of organic arsenic arsenobetaine(AsB) is an organoarsenical species that does not exhibit toxic effects in humans or animals. ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Arseonobetaine, organic form ๋ toxicity ๊ฐ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ arsenobetaine ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ bio accumulation ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ lower trophic animal ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ form ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ arsenic ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ arsenic ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ arsenic exposure ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ ๋ ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ -> arsenic ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ.
Oil spill ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ oil ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ , ๋ ๋ ๋ accumulation ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . reproductive activity / gross biochemical composition ๋ degradation ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Physical chemistry and biological changes of oil ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ emulsion. Sediment ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋
8 organic pollutants Highly detected PAHs in marine fish contaminated with heavy oil ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ POPs chemical ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . PCBs ; ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Lubricants, heat conductors in electrical transformers, plasticizers, printing ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Organochlorine compounds(OCs) industrial chemical. ๋ ๋ congener ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . organochlorine pesticides. agricultural purposes(insecticide, herbicide, fungicide) POPs wide spectrum: affecting non-target organisms persistence(hydrophobic and lipophilic) : resulting in bioaccumulation (POPs are concentrated in living organisms through another process called bioaccumulation) ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . transportability :causing global pollution ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . toxicity : causing adverse effects DDT, DDE ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ human milk ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . killer whale, dophin ๋ PCB level ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants 12 ๊ฐ๋ ๋ pops chemical ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Pesticieds ; DDT, chlordanes, heptachlor, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, toxaphene industrial chemicals ; PCBs unintentionally produced chemicals ; PCDDs, PCDFs Annex ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ chemical ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ. ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ .
Toxic equivalency factor(TEF) dioxin ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ. ๋ ๋ ๋ congener ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ dioxin ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . 2,3,7,8-TCDD ๋ toxicity ๋ 1 ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ dioxin congener ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ๋ ๋ . mammal ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ TEF ๋ ๋ ๋ Calculation of the relative effect potency(REP) ED50, LD50, EC50, binding affinity, dissociation constant ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ congener ๋ ๋ REP ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ TEF ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . TEF ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ show a structural relationship to the PCDDs and PCDFs bind to the AhR. POPs chemical ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ binding ๋ ๋ ๋ . elicit AhR-mediated biochemical and toxic responses; be persistent and accumulation in the food chain. transportability ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . mechanisms of dioxin action: the Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) dioxins cause toxicity through activation of the AhR-dependent signal pathway. dioxin ๋ AHR ๋ binding -> receptor ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ -> ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ Arnt ๋ heterodimer ๋ ๋ -> ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ promoter ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ dioxin responsive element ๋ ๋ ๋ -> downstream ๋ expression CYP1A/1B ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ expression CYP1A/1B dioxin ๋ ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ hydrophobic ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ circulation, accumulation. Lipophilic tissue ๋ accumulation. POPs chemical ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ . AHR knockout mutant ๋ dioxin ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ dioxin ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ biological response ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . TCDD ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ thymus ๊ฐ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . ๋ ๋ ๋ knockout mouse ๋ ๋ ๋ thymus ๋ weight ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . TCDD ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ AHR Dioxin sensitivity ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Toxic Equivalents(TEQs) toxicity-weighted masses of mixtures of PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs. dioxin ๋ toxicity ๋ ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ TEQ ๋ ๋ . ๋ Conger ๋ TEF ๋ ๋ ๋ congener ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ TEQ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Aquatic mammal ๋ ๋ immunosuppression ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ mass mortality ๊ฐ ๋ ๋ ๋ . dioxin ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ -> virus ๋ ๋ -> mass mortality. ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ dioxin accumulation ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ .
Baltic sea ๋ atlantic ocean ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ PCB ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ cub ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ dioxin accumulation ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ PCB ๋ ๋ ๋ ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . POPs chemical ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ . Bio accumulation ๊ฐ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ ๋ .