Open Journal of Marine Science, 2017, 7, 317-326 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojms ISSN Online: 2161-7392 ISSN Print: 2161-7384 DOI: 10.4236/ojms.2017.72023 April 30, 2017 POPs in Sparus auratus Species from the Eastern and Western Egyptian Mediterranean Coast: A Health Hazard Study Tarek O. Said 1,2 , Mohamed A. Mansour 1 , Fahmy M. El-Sharkawi 3 , Manal A. Mohamed 3 , Mohamed A. Shreadah 1 1 National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt 2 Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, KSA 3 Environmental Health Department, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt Abstract The residual concentrations of HCHs, TC, DDTs, THCs and PCBs were measured in Sparus auratus collected from the eastern and western sectors of the Egyptian Mediterranean Sea, as the most common fish species in the area. Gas chromatograph equipped with 63 Ni-electron capture detector and 35% phenyl polysilphenylenesiloxane capillary column was used for the analysis and quantification after well-established extraction techniques. The concen- trations (wet weight) of PCBs, DDTs, TCs, HCHs were: (1.87 - 616.66 ng·g –1 ), (0.42 - 98.28 ng·g –1 ), (0.06 - 2.94 ng·g −1 ), (0.35 - 11.77 ng·g –1 ), respectively in Sparus auratus collected from the eastern sector. However, these concentra- tions as wet weight in Sparus auratus from the western sector were: (5.75 - 605.53 ng·g –1 ), (1.53 - 226.47 ng·g –1 ), (0.09 - 8.12 ng·g –1 ), (0.26 - 5.80 ng·g –1 ), respectively. In general, concentrations of pesticides and PCBs in Sparus au- ratus either from the western or eastern Egyptian Mediterranean coast were far below the international permissible levels. Keywords Pesticides, PCBs, THC, Sparus auratus, Mediterranean, Egypt 1. Introduction Contamination of the Egyptian Mediterranean Coast has become a subject of a great deal of research in recent years. The continuing and increasing release of a great number of industrial, agricultural, commercial and domestic waste efflu- ents and emissions as well as hazardous substances have affected the characteris- How to cite this paper: Said, T.O., Man- sour, M.A., El-Sharkawi, F.M., Mohamed, M.A. and Shreadah, M.A. (2017) POPs in Sparus auratus Species from the Eastern and Western Egyptian Mediterranean Coast: A Health Hazard Study. Open Jour- nal of Marine Science, 7, 317-326. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojms.2017.72023 Received: October 17, 2016 Accepted: April 27, 2017 Published: April 30, 2017 Copyright © 2017 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access