Thirteen types of seafoods were collected from four counties (districts) of Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province,
China and analyzed for organochlorine pesticides (OCPs). The average concentrations of OCPs in seafoods
ranged from 258.3 ng g1 (lw) to 3459.6 ng g1 (lw). Hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes
(DDTs) were the most abundant compounds in these environments and in total
accounted for 8.2–62.2% and 32.1–89.0% of the total OCPs in seafoods, respectively. The total OCP contents
were higher in seafoods from Shengsi and Putuo and lower in those from Dinghai and Daishan.
The ratios of (DDE + DDD)/DDTs reflected a mixed input of accumulated and fresh DDTs in Shengsi, Putuo.
The ratios of o,p0
-DDT/p,p0
-DDT in seafoods of Shengsi ranged 0.10–0.60 (mean 0.33), indicating that
DDTs in seafoods of Shengsi may partly contain dicofol products and other pollutants accumulated in
Yangtze Estuary. DDTs are a greater concern for ecotoxicological risk in the study area.