期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 832, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155031
关键词
Heavy metals; Seaweeds; Health risk assessment; Bioaccumulation; South China Sea
资金
- Key Research & Development project of Hainan province of China [ZDYF2021XDNY197]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31960483]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hainan province of China [320RC510]
- Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea (Hainan University) [MRUKF2021002]
This study analyzed the bioaccumulation of 13 heavy metals in 11 different seaweed species. The results showed that different seaweed species had varying capacities for heavy metal bioaccumulation. The study also revealed that the consumption of certain seaweed species may pose a moderate to high health risk for children. Additionally, the study identified As and Cr as the limiting factors for seaweed consumption.
Seaweeds are widely known superfood in coasts where most anthropogenic heavy metal discharges are inputted and stored. The present study analyzed 11 seaweed species and 13 heavy metals to test the hypothesis that the species specific capacity of heavy metal bioaccumulation had great significance to health risk of human. The seaweeds were collected from tropic coasts of Hainan Island. We comparatively determined the bioaccumulation level of metals in different species. The results revealed that the red algae mainly concentrated V, Se, Mn, Ni, and Ag. The brown algae mainly concentrated Cr, Co, Cu, Cd, As and Fe, while the green algae mainly concentrated Zn and Pb. The cluster analysis, principal component analysis and metal pollution index indicated that Padina crassa, Sargassum thunbergii, Caulerpa racemosa and Asparagopsis taxiformis showed similar metal bioaccumulation behavior. The health risk assessment revealed that the overall hazard index (HI) of seaweeds consumption to adults was less than 1, while the HI of Sargassum oligocystum, Turbinaria ornate, Sargassum polycystum and Sargassum thunbergii consumption to children was greater than 1, suggesting a moderate or high risk to children. Moreover, the exposure amount and the carcinogenic risk parameter indicated that As and Cr were the limiting factor for seaweeds consumption. Overall, our findings here largely supported our hypothesis that the heavy metal bioaccumulation behavior and health risk was highly variable and complex among different species. We thus suggested that the species-specific health risk of heavy metals in seaweeds should be cautiously evaluated in natural environments.
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