Human exposure in Italy to lead, cadmium and mercury through fish and seafood product consumption from Eastern Central Atlantic Fishing Area

Zaza, Silvia; Balogh, Katinka de; Palmery, Maura; Pastorelli, Augusto Alberto; Stacchini, Paolo

doi:10.1016/j.jfca.2015.01.007

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“…Our results were in agreement with those reported by Zaza, Balogh, Palmery, Pastorelli, and Stacchini (), who found that the estimated weekly intakes of Pb, Hg, and Cd through fish and seafood product consumption by Italian consumers did not exceed the PTWIs proposed by EFSA and JEFCA. Nonetheless, a study conducted in Spain by Falco et al.…”

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“…Our results were in agreement with those reported by Zaza, Balogh, Palmery, Pastorelli, and Stacchini (2015), who found that the estimated weekly intakes of Pb, Hg, and Cd through fish and seafood product consumption by Italian consumers did not exceed the PTWIs proposed by EFSA and JEFCA. Nonetheless, Table 6-Comparison of estimated daily intake (EDI) of heavy metals from the examined muscles of Nile tilapia with the provisional tolerable daily intake proposed for these metals.…”

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Heavy Metal Residues in Some Fishes from Manzala Lake, Egypt, and Their Health‐Risk Assessment

Sallam

Abd-Elghany

Mohammed

2019

Journal of Food Science

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A total of 600 freshly caught fish samples (200 each of Nile tilapia, flathead grey mullet, and African catfish) were collected from Manzala Lake, Egypt, and analyzed for determination of heavy metal residues using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Metal concentrations (µg/g wet weight) were detected in all examined samples in quantities of 0.045, 0.0145, and 0.017 µg/g for Hg; 0.511, 0.621, and 0.568 µg/g for As; 0.704, 0.635, and 0.64 µg/g for Pb; and 0.024, 0.006, and 0.020 µg/g for Cd in Nile tilapia, flathead grey mullet, and African catfish, respectively. The mean concentrations of Hg, Pb, and Cd among the three fish species tested followed the order Nile tilapia > African catfish > flathead grey mullet; meanwhile, As concentration followed the order flathead grey mullet > African catfish > Nile tilapia. The contamination levels of Hg and Cd showed significant differences between summer and winter in the three different fish species examined. Both the mullet and catfish tested revealed significant negative correlations between fish size and their residual levels of Hg, Pb, and Cd. Health‐risk assessment indices suggesting that consuming such fishes from Manzala Lake could have a potential health hazard to consumers.

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Heavy Metal Residues in Some Fishes from Manzala Lake, Egypt, and Their Health‐Risk Assessment

Sallam

Abd-Elghany

Mohammed

2019

Journal of Food Science

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“…PTWI is the safe level of intake or the maximum amount of a contaminant that be exposed to a person weekly over a lifetime without an intolerable risk of health effects associated with the consumption of foods [7] [19] [20]. These limits can also be species-specific as metal accumulation is affected by different development and metabolic rates of different organisms [21]. To estimate the potential of health risk due to exposure to the contaminant, the United State Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), created the reference dose (RfD).…”

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Heavy Metal Levels and Risk Assessment from Consumption of Marine Fish in Peninsular Malaysia

Azmi¹,

Ahmad²,

Mahiyuddin³

2019

JEP

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Fish consumption is one of the primary sources of protein in Malaysia. However, harmful substances, including heavy metals released from anthropogenic sources may accumulate in marine organisms through the food chain. Hence, human health risks may occur through the consumption of fish contaminated by heavy metals. This study was conducted to determine the concentrations of heavy metals and to assess health risks in edible tissues of 296 commonly consumed marine fish throughout Peninsular Malaysia. The marine fish samples were collected from selected major fish landing ports throughout Peninsular Malaysia. This paper focused on nine heavy metals concentrations namely selenium (Se), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), antimony (Sb), tin (Sn), chromium (Cr) and manganese (Mn) in 46 species of marine fish. The fish samples were digested using a microwave digestion system (Multiwave 3000, Anton Paar). Heavy metals concentrations were analyzed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) ELAN 9000 (Perkin Elmer, Sciex, Canada). The heavy metals concentrations in marine fish samples were found to be dominated by Zn followed by Sn, Se, Cu, Mn, Cr, Pb, Cd and Sb which ranged between 15.9612 mg/kg (Zn) and 0.0002 mg/kg (Sb) wet weight. Among the investigated fish species, Otolithoides biauritus demonstrated the lowest concentration for all heavy metal except for Pb. The estimated weekly intakes (EWI) for all samples in this study were below the established PTWI by JECFA of FAO/WHO. Risk assessment results showed that the hazard quotient (HQ) and hazard index (HI) values were lower than 1 in all fish species. The results indicate that exposure to the studied metals poses a low non-carcinogenic risk and considered safe for human consumption.

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“…On the other hand, the Greek population consumes 0.4–0.6 μg Cd day (2.8–4.2 μg Cd per week) with fish and seafood [36]. Studies in Italy showed that the share of fishery products and seafood in supplying toxic metals is, according to different sources, 14–20% TWI Cd and 1.5–14% PTWI Pb [37, 38]. In turn, Cirillo et al [39] decided that Italians consume on average 0.9% TWI Cd (range 0.1–8.0%) and 2% PTWI Pb (range 0.5–16.5%) with fish.…”

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Cadmium and Lead Content in Chosen Commercial Fishery Products Consumed in Poland and Risk Estimations on Fish Consumption

Winiarska-Mieczan

Florek

Kwiecień

et al. 2017

Biol Trace Elem Res

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The presented studies aimed to verify whether fish and fishery products available on the Polish market were safe for consumers in terms of Cd and Pb content. Safety was evaluated according to the content of Cd and Pb in fishery products and based on the share of such products in supplying Cd and Pb in the weekly diet of an adult. Fish samples, of which 139 were smoked fish (26 samples of mackerel, 21 of salmon, 35 of sprat, 38 of eel and 19 of trout) and 117 samples of prepared fish-based dishes (20 of salads, 41 of spreads and 56 of marinated herring) were analysed. The content of Cd and Pb was determined using the GF AAS method. The content of Cd per 1 kg of the analysed product can be represented as follows: salads > smoked eel > smoked salmon and mackerel > smoked trout and spreads > marinated herring > smoked sprat. The content of Pb per 1 kg of the analysed product can be represented as follows: smoked salmon and salads > smoked mackerel and spreads > smoked eel > smoked sprat and smoked trout. Most Cd was found in salads (on average 10.7 μg kg−1; range 6.53–14.7 μg), whereas most Pb was recorded in salads (on average 56.8 μg per kg; range 32.6–78.9 μg) and marinated fish (on average 58.8 μg per kg; range 19.8–79.6 μg). Fish and fishery products available in Poland are safe for consumers.

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Human exposure in Italy to lead, cadmium and mercury through fish and seafood product consumption from Eastern Central Atlantic Fishing Area

Cited by 59 publications

References 25 publications

Heavy Metal Residues in Some Fishes from Manzala Lake, Egypt, and Their Health‐Risk Assessment

Heavy Metal Residues in Some Fishes from Manzala Lake, Egypt, and Their Health‐Risk Assessment

Heavy Metal Levels and Risk Assessment from Consumption of Marine Fish in Peninsular Malaysia

Cadmium and Lead Content in Chosen Commercial Fishery Products Consumed in Poland and Risk Estimations on Fish Consumption

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