Heavy metals concentrations in some commercially key species from Sicilian coasts (Mediterranean Sea): Potential human health risk estimation

Traina, Adele; Βονο, Gioacchino; Bonsignore, Maria R.; Falco, Francesca; Giuga, Marta; Quinci, Enza María; Vitale, Sergio; Sprovieri, Mario

doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.10.056

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“…The higher values were recorded in seafood products. These concentrations fall within the range found in seafood products in other Mediterranean areas (114)(115)(116), while the estimated iAs concentration (0.14 µg/g) was higher than value recorded by EFSA [0.025 µg/g; (89)] for seafood products, probably due to the specific environmental condition. Beef and pork showed an estimated iAs average contents (0.008 and 0.010 µg/g, respectively) similar to those found by EFSA (89) in livestock meats (mean 0.006 µg/g).…”

Section: Occurrence Of Heavy Metals In the Study Areasupporting

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Heavy Metals and PAHs in Meat, Milk, and Seafood From Augusta Area (Southern Italy): Contamination Levels, Dietary Intake, and Human Exposure Assessment

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Heavy Metals and PAHs in Meat, Milk, and Seafood From Augusta Area (Southern Italy): Contamination Levels, Dietary Intake, and Human Exposure Assessment

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“…Such reports were mostly in line with our results. The fact is that, Cu is left persisted actively in muscles due to being an essential element of living tissue [69, 105]. Notably, the capability of bioaccumulation of Cd takes a long time to spare that makes it relatively infirm [8].…”

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“…Estimated daily intake (EDI) was calculated by the following equation [19, 66, 67]: Where, C n is the concentration level of metal in the selected fish tissues (mg/kg dry-wt); IGr is the acceptable ingestion rate, which is 55.5 g/day for adults and 52.5 g/day for children [68, 69]; Bwt is the body weight: 70 kg for adults and 15 kg for children [68].…”

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“…The value of ratio < 1 implies a non-significant risk effects [71]. The THQ formula is expressed as follows [69, 72–74]: Where E d is exposure duration (65 years) (USEPA, 2008); E p is exposure frequency (365 days/year) [18]; A t is the average time for the non-carcinogenic element ( E d × E p ).…”

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“…CRs higher than 10 −4 are likely to increase the probability of carcinogenic risk effect [87, 88]. The established equation to assess the CR is as follows [69, 70, 89, 90]: Where CSf is oral slope factor of particular carcinogen (mg/kg-day) [83]. Available CSf values (mg/kg-day) are: As (1.5), Pb (0.0085) and Cd (6.3) [83].…”

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Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in commercially important fish species from the tropical river estuary suggests higher potential child health risk than adults

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The Karnaphuli, a major river of Bangladesh, located off the coast of Chittagong in the Bay of Bengal is largely exposed to the heavy metal pollutants, which may be toxic to humans and aquatic fauna. The estuary is a striking example of a site where human pressure and ecological values collide with each other. In spite of being a major supplier of fish food for local community, there has been no study carried out to date to assess the potential human health risk due to heavy metal contamination in the fish species from this estuary. Therefore, the aim of present study was to assess bioaccumulation status and the potential human health risk evaluation for local consumers. Six commercially important fish species, Apocryptes bato, Pampus chinensis, Hyporhamphus limbatus, Liza parsia, Mugil cephalus, and Tenualosa toil from the Karnaphuli River estuary were collected to analyze heavy metals concentration level. Heavy metals As, Pb, Cd, Cr and Cu were detected from the samples using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (Model: ELAN9000, Perkin-Elmer, Germany). The hierarchy of the measured concentration level of the metals was as follows: Pb (mean: 13.88, range: 3.19 - 6.19) > Cu (mean: 12.10, range: 10.27 - 16.41) > As (mean: 4.89, range: 3.19 – 6.19) > Cr (mean: 3.36, range: 2.46 – 4.17) > Cd (mean: 0.39, range: 0.21 - 0.74). The Fulton’s condition factor denoted that organisms were particularly in better ‘condition’ and most of the species were in positive allometric growth. The Bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) observed in the species of the contaminants were organized in the following ranks: Cu (1971.42) > As (1042.93) > Pb (913.66) > Cr (864.99) > Cd (252.03), and among all the specimens, demersal fish, A. bato corresponded to the maximum bio-accumulative organism. Estimated daily intake (EDI), target hazard quotient (THQ) and carcinogenic risk (CR) assessed for human health risk implications suggest that the values are within the acceptable threshold for all sorts of consumers. Hence none of them would experience non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic health effect for the ingestion of the fishes. However, children are shown to be largely susceptible than adults to non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic health effect due to the consumption of fish. Therefore, an appropriate guidlines and robust management measures needed to be taken to restore the estuarine health condition for greater benefit of the quality of fish products for local consumption.Graphical abstract

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Trace metal accumulations in commercially important fish and crab species from impacted tropical estuary, India: implications on human health risk assessment

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Jana

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Heavy metals concentrations in some commercially key species from Sicilian coasts (Mediterranean Sea): Potential human health risk estimation

Cited by 135 publications

References 78 publications

Heavy Metals and PAHs in Meat, Milk, and Seafood From Augusta Area (Southern Italy): Contamination Levels, Dietary Intake, and Human Exposure Assessment

Heavy Metals and PAHs in Meat, Milk, and Seafood From Augusta Area (Southern Italy): Contamination Levels, Dietary Intake, and Human Exposure Assessment

Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in commercially important fish species from the tropical river estuary suggests higher potential child health risk than adults

Trace metal accumulations in commercially important fish and crab species from impacted tropical estuary, India: implications on human health risk assessment

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