Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH
Volume 45, Issue 6, Pages 3377-3385Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-022-01401-x
Keywords
Environmental monitoring; Food safety; Heavy metals pollution; Human health hazard
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Heavy metals are serious pollutants in aquatic ecosystems. We studied the concentrations of heavy metals in the muscle of two fish species and assessed the environmental contamination and potential health risk from fish consumption. The results showed significant variations in metal concentrations, with some exceeding the limits and posing potential health risks.
Heavy metals are one of the most serious pollutants in aquatic ecosystems, and their accumulation in fish products causes harmful effects on human health. In this context, we set out to determine the concentrations of heavy metals in the muscle of two fish species of commercial interest, Chelon auratus and Chelon saliens on the south coast of the Caspian Sea. We aimed to assess the degree of environment contamination in this area and to estimate the potential risk to human health derived from the consumption of fish. The mean concentrations of the different metals analysed were very varied in both species. In fact, some concentrations exceeded the permissible limits for the protection of human health for Cd and Pb, and some values of As were above those referenced by other authors in same species in the Caspian Sea. None of the estimated daily intake values exceeded the tolerable intake based on the consumption under consideration. Nonetheless, the accumulative hazard values evidenced a potential risk to human health, Pb and Hg being those giving a higher target hazard quotient. The cancer risk from exposure to As from fish consumption in children was above the acceptable risk to life. Thus, in view of the accumulative nature of heavy metals, a moderate and non-abusive fish consumption in this area, particularly in children, would be recommendable.
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