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A screen for Benzo(a)pyrene in Fish Samples From Crude Oil Polluted Environments

Chimezie Anyakora, Mohsen Arbabi and Herbert Coker

Abstract

Several studies have shown that exposure to Benzo(a)pyrene increases the risk of cancer. In this study several fish samples from Niger the Delta region of Nigeria were screened for the presence of Benzo(a)pyrene. The study was carried out using Gas chromatograph coupled to a mass spectrometry detector. Benzo(a)pyrenes in the samples were identified through both retention time match with authentic standards and simultaneous maximization of several major ions from GC/MS data. Perylene-d12 was used as the internal standard for quantitation. Concentration of benzo(a)pyrene in the samples ranged from 1.47 to 10.53 µg/kg which is more than WHO recommended maximum allowable concentration. Therefore this study concludes that the population is at an elevated risk of cancer of occurrence.

American Journal of Environmental Sciences
Volume 4 No. 2, 2008, 145-150

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajessp.2008.145.150

Submitted On: 29 July 2007 Published On: 30 April 2008

How to Cite: Anyakora, C., Arbabi, M. & Coker, H. (2008). A screen for Benzo(a)pyrene in Fish Samples From Crude Oil Polluted Environments. American Journal of Environmental Sciences, 4(2), 145-150. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajessp.2008.145.150

Open AccessCopyright: © 2008 Chimezie Anyakora, Mohsen Arbabi and Herbert Coker. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • cancer
  • delta region of Nigeria
  • chromatograph