Journal
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 163, Issue -, Pages 551-557Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.07.114
Keywords
Heavy metals; Marine organisms; Trophic levels; Bioaccessibility; Health risk; South China Sea
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- Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China [201707010368]
- Chinese Agriculture Key Financial Fund [NFZX2013]
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This study investigated the total concentrations and bioaccessibility of heavy metals in edible tissues and trophic levels of 12 marine organism species in the South China Sea. The results were used to estimate health risks to humans. Of the heavy metals detected, nickel (Ni) was present at the highest concentrations, followed in descending, order by iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb). Cd had the highest percentage bioaccessibility (61.91%). There were no correlations between log-transformed total metal concentrations and trophic level values, nor between log-transformed bioaccessibility metal concentrations and trophic level values. This indicates there is no biomagnification among these trace metals. The carcinogenic risk probabilities for Pb and Cr to urban and rural residents were below the acceptable level (< 1 x 10(-4)). The target hazard quotient (THQ) value for each metal and the total THQ values for all metals studied indicated no significant risk of non-carcinogenic effects to urban and rural residents from consuming marine organisms from the South China Sea.
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