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Potential health risks via consumption of six edible shellfish species collected from Piura - Peru
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Abstract
Scallops and their potential predators were collected in Sechura Bay and in front of the Illescas Reserved Zone (north Peru), during El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) 2016, and analyzed for the metals chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb). This study showed that similar to 20% of the molluscs exceeded the maximum residual levels (MRLs) for human consumption in inorganic As, while similar to 30% of the crustaceans did. For Cd, around 10% and 40% of the molluscs and the crustaceans were above the MRLs, respectively. The cephalopod Octopus mimus exhibited As concentrations, but not Cd concentrations, that exceeded the MRLs. Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn and Pb in muscle exhibited generally concentrations below the MRLs. Integrated risk indices were estimated to determine if there is a health risk for consumption. Target hazard quotients (THQs) and total hazard indices (HIs) were mostly < 1, implying no human health risk. Provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) for Cd was exceeded in Bursa ventricosa at Illescas Reserved Zone. Target cancer risks (TRs) for inorganic As were always higher than the threshold (1 x 10(-6)), therefore an actual cancer risk is present.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety. - New York
Publication
New York : 2018
ISSN
0147-6513
DOI
10.1016/J.ECOENV.2018.05.005
Volume/pages
159 (2018) , p. 249-260
ISI
000436057700030
Pubmed ID
29758509
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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