Screening for Organic Pollutants in the Black Sea Turbot (Scophthalmus maeoticus)

The health of aquatic organisms can be affected due to anthropogenic activities and limited actions reduce the pollution Black Sea. accumulation organic pollutants (OPs) in environment occurs water, sediment, then biota. turbot (Scophthalmus maeoticus) is a benthic fish commercial interest scarcely studied Sea region, none studies researched OP concentrations its main tissues. In this paper, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) POPs, organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined muscles, gills, gonads, livers, research their level. determinations made with gas chromatography on turbots sampled 2021 from Romanian waters. OCPs—p,p’DDT metabolites p,p’DDE, p,p’DDD—are dominant From PAHs, benzo(g,h, i)perylene was compound, while for PCBs it PCB 52. OPs’ presence wild river input, dredging coastal rehabilitation works, industrial contaminated food poses risk human exceeding maximum allowable concentration consumption Romania European Union.