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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2022

Hydroxylated Polychlorinated Biphenyls Are Emerging Legacy Pollutants in Contaminated Sediments.

Panithi Saktrakulkla, Xueshu Li, Andres Martinez, Hans-Joachim Lehmler, Keri C Hornbuckle

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Hydroxylation markedly alters how the polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congener, PCB52, affects gene expression in human preadipocytes.Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Panithi SaktrakulklaInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9382-7290
Xueshu LiDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0881-5381
Andres MartinezDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0572-1494
Hans-Joachim LehmlerInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9163-927X
Keri C HornbuckleInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3478-3221
University of Iowa · US

Funding

Viral VectorP30CA086862 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Christopher K Laubenthal · 2000 to 2026
$70.0M
Training CoreP42ES013661 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Rachel Frances Marek · 2006 to 2026
$60.3M
Pulmonary Toxicology Facility CoreP30ES005605 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Jong Sung Kim · 1990 to 2026
$40.5M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005605NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES013661
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We measured the concentrations of 837 hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (OH-PCBs, in 275 chromatographic peaks) and 209 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs, in 174 chromatographic peaks) in sediments from New Bedford Harbor in Massachusetts, Altavista wastewater lagoon in Virginia, and the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal in Indiana, USA and in the original commercial PCB mixtures Aroclors 1016, 1242, 1248, and 1254. We used the correlation between homologues and the peak responses to quantify the full suite of OH-PCBs including those without authentic standards available. We found that OH-PCB levels are approximately 0.4% of the PCB levels in sediments and less than 0.0025% in Aroclors. The OH-PCB congener distributions of sediments are different from those of Aroclors and are different according to sites. We also identified a previously unknown compound, 4-OH-PCB52, which together with 4'-OH-PCB18 made up almost 30% of the OH-PCBs in New Bedford Harbor sediments but less than 1.2% in the Aroclors and 3.3% in any other sediments. This indicates site-specific environmental transformations of PCBs to OH-PCBs. We conclude that the majority of OH-PCBs in these sediments are generated in the environment. Our findings suggest that these toxic breakdown products of PCBs are prevalent in PCB-contaminated sediments and present an emerging concern for humans and ecosystems.

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Environmental PollutantsPolychlorinated BiphenylsAroclorsEcosystemHumansWastewaterAroclorsEnvironmental PollutantsPolychlorinated BiphenylsWastewaterAltavistaAroclorsIndiana Harbor and Ship CanalNew Bedford HarborOH-PCBssediment

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PMID35107261
PMCPMC8851693
OpenAlexW4210796419

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