Potential effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in marine foods on human health: a critical review

Balcıoğlu, Esra

doi:10.1080/15569543.2016.1201513

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“…They are principally framed by deficient ignition or pyrolysis of organic material and during various industrial processes and food handling procedures [21] , [22] . These groups of compounds have potentially hazardous effects on the environment and health, as the majority of them are carcinogenic, teratogenic and mutagenic [23] , [24] . Some studies have reported the mean daily intake of the total PAH fraction to be between 4 ng/kg per day (low estimate) and 10 ng/kg per day (high estimate) [25] .…”

Section: Food Security and Safety Concerns In Animal Productionmentioning

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Food security and safety concerns in animal production and public health issues in Africa: A perspective of COVID-19 pandemic era

Ejeromedoghene

Tesi

Uyanga

et al. 2020

Ethics, Medicine and Public Health

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The impact of COVID-19 on food security can best be understood from the downturn on agricultural and other related economic activities which were almost brought to a total halt during the pandemic. The restriction of movement/lockdown policy instituted by various governments heavily affected local and national food production as farmers could not go to their farmlands. More so, there was price gouging on raw food items as local farmers were reducing cultivation and harvest because of their safety. The lockdown also affected the transportation of food products from farms and local companies to the market and across inter-state/province borders. Additionally, many human infections traceable to disease outbreak from animal origin suggest a great risk of exposure to infectious agents by live animal farmers. In combating this menace, local food production needs to be encouraged more, while measures should be put in place to facilitate farmer's participation in government regulations on enforcing biosecurity, health standards, disease monitoring, and surveillance practices.

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Food security and safety concerns in animal production and public health issues in Africa: A perspective of COVID-19 pandemic era

Ejeromedoghene

Tesi

Uyanga

et al. 2020

Ethics, Medicine and Public Health

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“…Over the last decades, marine pollution has been recognized as a worldwide problem and the state of the oceans has become a great concern to governmental agencies [1,2]. Chemical contamination of estuarine and coastal areas, not only affects the biodiversity of the ecosystems, but also the oceans capacity to provide natural resources raising human health risks through the food chain [3,4]. Main concerns for certain pollutants derive from the amounts generated by humans, their extremely negative effects on the environment or because of their accumulation in water, sediments, or biota.…”

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Fluorescent microarray for multiplexed quantification of environmental contaminants in seawater samples

Sanchís

Salvador

Campbell

et al. 2018

Talanta

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The development of a fluorescent multiplexed microarray platform able to detect and quantify a wide variety of pollutants in seawater is reported. The microarray platform has been manufactured by spotting 6 different bioconjugate competitors and it uses a cocktail of 6 monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies raised against important families of chemical pollutants such as triazine biocide (i.e. Irgarol 1051®), sulfonamide and chloramphenicol antibiotics, polybrominated diphenyl ether flame-retardant (PBDE, i.e. BDE-47), hormone (17β-estradiol), and algae toxin (domoic acid). These contaminants were selected as model analytes, however, the platform developed has the potential to detect a broader group of compounds based on the cross-reactivity of the immunoreagents used. The microarray chip is able to simultaneously determine these families of contaminants directly in seawater samples reaching limits of detection close to the levels found in contaminated areas (Irgarol 1051®, 0.19 ± 0,06 µg L; sulfapyridine, 0.17 ± 0.07 µg L; chloramphenicol, 0.11 ± 0.03 µg L; BDE-47, 2.71 ± 1.13 µg L; 17β-estradiol, 0.94 ± 0.30 µg L and domoic acid, 1.71 ± 0.30 µg L). Performance of the multiplexed microarray chip was assessed by measuring 38 blind spiked seawater samples containing either one of these contaminants or mixtures of them. The accuracy found was very good and the coefficient of variation was < 20% in all the cases. No sample pre-treatment was necessary, and the results could be obtained in just 1 h 30 min. The microarray shows high sample throughput capabilities, being able to measure simultaneously more than 68 samples and screen them for a significant number of chemical contaminants of interest in environmental screening programs.

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“…The occurrence in excess quantity of such compounds can adversely affect the ecological quality of the ecosystem, which can lead to alterations in characteristics of the ecosystem (Viarengo and Canesi, 1991). Among several types of similar organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are present in aquatic ecosystems and are capable of inducing carcinogenic or mutagenic effects to organisms (Figure 1), and hence they have received considerable attention in the literature (Balcıoğlu, 2016;Necib and Mzoughi, 2017). Inorganic compounds can include metals as a natural constituent of the marine environments, but metals and other inorganic compounds that might naturally occur can also become toxic if present at levels beyond certain thresholds (Necib and Mzoughi, 2017).…”

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Mussel: a potential pollution indicator in the aquatic ecosystem and effect of climate change

Şahin

Khan

Terzi

et al. 2020

International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics

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The study of ecological indicators, defining and establishing the means of measuring the health of the environment, is of great importance. The most important elements of ecosystems are the biological components, and environmental impact assessment of ecosystems will therefore require that these components are seriously laid out. It is, for example, not sufficient to assess the water quality by the use of physicochemical parameters, although their determination can be carried out much more rapidly. There exists, in general, a relation between species composition and water quality. It is well known that mussels are extensively utilized as a biological indicator of pollution of both marine and freshwater ecosystems. The reason is that the mussel is a sessile, filter-feeding, and able to accumulate within its tissues many of the contaminants. In addition, mussels show a wide geographical distribution as they permit the survey of extensive coastal and inland areas. The contaminants accumulated in the tissues of mussels may cause a "stress syndrome" with alteration to their physiology. On the other hand, global warming does affect the pH level, especially the marine water resulting increase in acidity. This can be the outcome of the existing genetic variation in natural populations of mussels. They because allow themselves to adapt to declining pH levels in the aquatic ecosystem caused by carbon emissions. We, therefore, focus on the factors that possibly affect the mussel biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems in relation to climate change as well as pollution concerned.

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Potential effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in marine foods on human health: a critical review

Cited by 75 publications

References 73 publications

Food security and safety concerns in animal production and public health issues in Africa: A perspective of COVID-19 pandemic era

Food security and safety concerns in animal production and public health issues in Africa: A perspective of COVID-19 pandemic era

Fluorescent microarray for multiplexed quantification of environmental contaminants in seawater samples

Mussel: a potential pollution indicator in the aquatic ecosystem and effect of climate change

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