Petr Hedbávný – MASO-INTERNATIONAL

The results of monitoring non-dioxin-like PCBs in beef and pork in the Czech Republic

Authors: Jiří Drápal, Petr Hedbávný, Milan Malena, Jan Rosmus and Veronika Střechová
Keywords: meat, monitoring, polychlorinated biphenyls

The assessment of results for non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (NDL PCBs) in the years 2009–2011 and 2012 demonstrated average concentrations of NDL PCBs in a range of 6.13 to 10.34 ng.g-1 of fat in beef and 5.48 to 8.02 ng.g-1 of fat in pork. For highly chlorinated PCBs, the average values of individual congeners were ranked … [Read more…]

Bovine meat and offal as a source of human exposure to cadmium in the Czech Republic

Authors: Jiří Drápal, Petr Hedbávný, Veronika Střechová and Kamil Šťastný
Keywords: bovine animals, cadmium, kidneys, trends

An evaluation of cadmium content in the muscle, liver and kidneys of young bovine animals (under two years of age) and cows was conducted in the Czech Republic during the period 1993-2010. The average cadmium content in the muscle of young bovine animals and cows was approximately the same (i.e. 0.007 and 0.008 mg.kg-1 wet … [Read more…]