Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 119, Issue 1, Pages 454-459Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.03.045
Keywords
Heavy metal; Fish; Thondi coast; Contaminant
Funding
- Department of Science and Technology (DST)
- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India, New Delhi [SR/FT/LS-22/2010]
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Toxic heavy metals are an important group of emerging chemical contaminants in seafood. Heavy metal concentrations in commercially important and most commonly eaten 10 fish species from Thondi fish landing, southeast coast of India, were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry. The concentrations of heavy metals significantly varied within and between the investigated fish species (P < 0.05). The results of this study showed best significant correlations among the toxic heavy metals in the fish samples. It was revealed that Cd, Pb, Cu, and Zn metals were present in the fish samples at various levels. The residual levels of toxic heavy metals were less than the permissible levels specified for human consumption by the European Union, Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization guidelines. Therefore, the fish species found in the Thondi fish landing and their fishery products can be considered safe for human consumption and can be exported worldwide. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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