Human health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements and microplastics accumulation in products from the Danube River Basin fish market.

Autor: Simionov IA; Rexdan Research Infrastructure, 'Dunarea de Jos' University Galati, 800008 Galati, Romania; Department of Food Science, Food Engineering, Biotechnologies and Aquaculture, 'Dunarea de Jos' University Galati, 800008 Galati, Romania., Călmuc M; Rexdan Research Infrastructure, 'Dunarea de Jos' University Galati, 800008 Galati, Romania., Iticescu C; Rexdan Research Infrastructure, 'Dunarea de Jos' University Galati, 800008 Galati, Romania; Department of Chemistry, Physics and Environment, 'Dunarea de Jos' University Galati, 800008 Galati, Romania. Electronic address: catalina.iticescu@ugal.ro., Călmuc V; Rexdan Research Infrastructure, 'Dunarea de Jos' University Galati, 800008 Galati, Romania., Georgescu PL; Rexdan Research Infrastructure, 'Dunarea de Jos' University Galati, 800008 Galati, Romania; Department of Chemistry, Physics and Environment, 'Dunarea de Jos' University Galati, 800008 Galati, Romania., Faggio C; Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy., Petrea ŞM; Rexdan Research Infrastructure, 'Dunarea de Jos' University Galati, 800008 Galati, Romania; Department of Food Science, Food Engineering, Biotechnologies and Aquaculture, 'Dunarea de Jos' University Galati, 800008 Galati, Romania.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Environmental toxicology and pharmacology [Environ Toxicol Pharmacol] 2023 Nov; Vol. 104, pp. 104307. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 31.
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2023.104307
Abstrakt: The present study aimed to quantify the concentration levels of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) such as aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, lead, zinc, and mercury, as well as microplastics occurrence in various tissues of fish and seafood species, commercialized in the Lower Danube River Basin. A health risk assessment analysis was performed based on the PTEs concentration levels in the muscle tissue. Estimated daily intake (EDI), target hazard quotient (THQ), hazard index (HI), and target cancer risk (TR) of PTEs were calculated. It was observed that the species within the seafood category registered the highest levels of PTEs. For instance, in the muscle tissue of bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis (from the Black Sea), the highest value was observed in the case of Zn (37.693 mg/kg), and the presence of polystyrene polymer was identified. The values associated with EDI, THQ, HI, and TR of PTE exposure were significantly lower than 1.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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