Assessment and Monitoring of Fish Quality from a Coastal Ecosystem under High Anthropic Pressure: A Case Study in Southern Italy

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Massimo Lucarini¹  Alessandra Durazzo¹  Rossana Rando²  Rossella Vadalಠ Giovanni Bartolomeo²  GiovannaLoredana La Torre²  Nicola Cicero²  Giacomo Dugo²  Antonello Santini³  Andrea Salvo⁴ 

[1] CREA-Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, 00178 Roma, Italy;Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Polo Universitario Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy;Department of Pharmacy, University of Napoli Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy;Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Università La Sapienza, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy;

关键词: fish;    heavy metals;    food safety;    human health;    pollution;    Mediterranean Sea;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph17093285

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Fish is a nutrient-rich food but, at the same time, consumption of fish is a possible source of exposure to heavy metals. Since many coastal Mediterranean areas suffer from great anthropomorphic pressure, the aim of this study was to assess the level of potentially toxic inorganic elements in different fish samples from the coastal zone of Southern Italy (Gela) where there is a high mortality rate linked to cancer disease and congenital malformations. The presence of mercury, cadmium, lead, nickel, arsenic, vanadium, and chromium was measured by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The risk assessment was evaluated in terms of estimated daily intake by calculating the amount of potentially toxic elements that an average individual adult weighing 60 kg would ingest. Moreover the non-carcinogenic risk was estimated by target hazard quotient (THQ). The study evidenced significant contamination by inorganic elements, especially cadmium, which can be linked to industrial pollution. The THQ indexes, as indicators of human health, suggest that the consumption of fish from the study area is not free of risk.

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