Levels of Total Mercury in Marine Organisms from Adriatic Sea,Italy |
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| Authors: | Monia Perugini Pierina Visciano Maurizio Manera Annalisa Zaccaroni Vincenzo Olivieri and Michele Amorena |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Food Science, University of Teramo, Viale Crispi 212, 64100 Teramo, Italy;(2) Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Pathology, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy;(3) Executive Veterinary ASL, Via Renato Paolini 47, 65124 Pescara, Italy |
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| Abstract: | The presence of total mercury in fish, crustacean and cephalopod from Adriatic Sea, was investigated. The highest concentrations
were observed in decreasing order in: Norway lobster (0.97 ± 0.24 mg/kg; mean ± SE), European hake (0.59 ± 0.14 mg/kg), red
mullet (0.48 ± 0.09 mg/kg), blue whiting (0.38 ± 0.09 mg/kg), Atlantic mackerel (0.36 ± 0.08 mg/kg) and European flying squid
(0.25 ± 0.03 mg/kg). A significant difference (p < 0.01) was found between the levels of total mercury in Norway lobster and those detected in all other species. The 25%
of all samples exceeded the maximum limit fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006. The results show that fish and
fishery products can exceed the maximum levels and stress the need of more information for consumers in particular for people
that eat large amount of fish. |
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| Keywords: | Total mercury Fish Cephalopod Crustacean |
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