Human exposure in Italy to lead,cadmium and mercury through fish and seafood product consumption from Eastern Central Atlantic Fishing Area |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Ondico Organismo Notificato Dispositivi Medici e Cosmetici, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, Rome 00161, Italy;2. Veterinary Public Health, Animal Health Service, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome 00153, Italy;3. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome 00185, Italy;4. National Reference Laboratory for Heavy Metals in Food, Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, Rome 00161, Italy;1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Science, Siirt University, 56100 Siirt, Turkey;2. Health Services Vocational High School, Medical Marketing and Promotion Programme, Mardin Artuklu University, 47200 Mardin, Turkey;3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Erciyes University, TR-38039 Kayseri, Turkey;1. Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh;2. School of Earth Sciences, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia;3. Environmental Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, GPO Box 3787, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh |
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| Abstract: | The presence of cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg) was investigated in fish and seafood products collected from the FAO Major Fishing Area 34, Eastern Central Atlantic. Samples were purchased from different retail outlets in Italy. Samples were selected so as to assess human exposure through diet. Metals were detected by Q-ICP-MS and Hg-AAS. All the metal concentrations detected were largely below the maximum levels (MLs) established by the European Union. The exposure assessment was undertaken by matching the concentration of Cd, Pb and total Hg in fish and other seafood products selected purposed according to Italian consumption data. The estimated weekly intakes (EWIs) for the evaluated elements related to the consumption of fish and other seafood products by the median of the Italian total population accounted for 14%, 2% and 14% of the standard tolerable weekly intake (TWI) for Cd and Hg as well as the provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) for Pb, respectively. |
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| Keywords: | Fish Seafood products Heavy metals Tolerable weekly intake Provisional tolerable weekly intake Food composition Food analysis Food safety |
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