Toxic textile dyes accumulate in wild European eel Anguilla anguilla

[Display omitted] •Malachite Green and Crystal Violet, used in textile industry, are accumulating in wild freshwater fish.•Prevalence of dyes in the European eel is high in Belgium (77% of the studied sites).•Dye contaminated eel is unfit for human consumption.•Dyes accumulating in wildlife may form...

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Published in:	Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 138; pp. 784 - 791
Main Authors:	Belpaire, Claude, Reyns, Tim, Geeraerts, Caroline, Van Loco, Joris
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2015
Subjects:	Anguilla - metabolism Anguilla anguilla Animals aquatic ecosystems Belgium Bioaccumulation Chromatography, Liquid Coloring Agents - analysis Coloring Agents - metabolism Contamination Crystal Violet Dyes eel Eels endangered species Environmental Monitoring - methods European eel fabrics field experimentation Food Contamination Fresh Water - chemistry gentian violet Gentian Violet - analysis Gentian Violet - metabolism household products industry lakes leather liquid chromatography Malachite Green Marine Mass Spectrometry metabolites muscle tissues paints phenothiazines rivers Rosaniline Dyes - analysis Rosaniline Dyes - metabolism surveys tandem mass spectrometry Textile Industry Textiles Toxic toxicity Toxicology Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism wildlife Belgium Malachite Green Crystal Violet Belgium Bioaccumulation European eel Textile industry
ISSN:	0045-6535, 1879-1298, 1879-1298
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