Heavy Metals in Seafood Mussels. Risks for Human Health

Stanković, Slavka; Jović, Mihajlo D.; Stankovic, Ana R.; Katsikas, L.

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-2442-6_9

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“…Data on element contents (including trace elements) in mussels and oysters have been presented in many papers published earlier [20]- [24], etc. However, the majority of such papers deal with the contents of only a few elements belonging to the heavy metals group.…”

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Differences in Trace Element Content between Non-Indigenous Farmed and Invasive Bivalve Mollusks of the South African Coast

Pavlov¹,

Bezuidenhout²,

Frontasyeva³

et al. 2015

AJAC

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The contents of 23 trace elements (Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn, As, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Mo, Ag, Sb, I, Ba, La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Hf, Ta) were quantitatively determined in soft tissues and shells of mass non-indigenous bivalve mussels-farmed Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) and farmed and wild invasive Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) at the Atlantic coast of South Africa. The study revealed that the contents of the majority of elements in the soft tissues of both species were higher than those in the shells. The tissues of wild invasive Mediterranean mussels contain higher levels of a range of trace elements comparing to farmed mussels. The tissues of Pacific oysters contain much higher levels of almost all elements studied compared to the tissues of Mediterranean mussels. Higher content of zinc in the mussels and oysters from Saldanha Bay may evidence anthropogenic pollution of the bay's ecosystem by this metal, which necessitates continued monitoring of levels of potentially toxic metals. Both alien species, and especially Pacific oysters, may serve as reliable biomonitors for trace elements in marine ecosystems. Both species are rich in essential elements and provide nutritionally-valuable seafoods.

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Differences in Trace Element Content between Non-Indigenous Farmed and Invasive Bivalve Mollusks of the South African Coast

Pavlov¹,

Bezuidenhout²,

Frontasyeva³

et al. 2015

AJAC

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“…Heavy metals are of environmental concern in the Black Sea due to the presence of populations of edible mussels that are known to accumulate these elements. M. galloprovincialisis much effective at changing nominal worth supplies into great standard animal protein 9 . Mussels are used as a food source in the Black Sea countries.…”

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“…They have an important role in the recycling of nutrients and particles, using suspended materials from the water column. At the same time mussels accumulate metals in their soft tissue and they are valuable indicators of heavy metal pollution of marine ecosystems 9 . Clearly M. galloprovincialis has potential as bio-monitor species for heavy metal pollution in marine waters.…”

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Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Black Sea: Evaluating Mussels

Bat

Arıcı

Öztekin

2018

Curr. World Environ

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The levels of Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, Pb, Cd and Hg in the edible tissues of Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 (Mediterranean mussel) picked up from the Black Sea coasts of Turkey have been determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma -Mass Spectrometer (ICP/MS) with a view to biomonitoring metal contamination in 2015. In this work, a statistically significant difference in the amounts of all studied heavy metals analyzed was noticed amidst sampling areas namely Igneada, Sinop, Samsun and Trabzon so that appraise welfare threat for mussel consumers, utilization M. galloprovincialis as biomonitors. The outcomes of this study were contrasted with the outlines stated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), the Turkish Food Codex and Commission Regulation (EC) for the harmless consumption restrictions of Bivalves as seafood. Moreover, former works with mussels in the Black Sea countries were reviewed and a summary of heavy metal amounts in mussels from whole the Black Sea waters were presented. In general these available measurements clearly indicated a low level heavy metal in M. galloprovincialis in coastal waters of the Black Sea. In this study the concentrations (mg metal kg -1 wet wt.) of metals ranged from 18-35 for Fe, 8-27 for Zn, 2.8-4.5 for Mn, 0.5-1.8 for Cu, 0.06-0.31 for Pb, 0.04-0.10 for Cd and 0.03-0.07 for Hg. Considering human health with respect to the investigated heavy metals, the estimated daily intakes (EDIs) did not exceed the permissible intakes. No chronic systemic risk was found since total hazard index (0.521) were quite below critical value 1, and the carcinogenic risk for heavy metals did not exceed the tolerable values. Although there was no health risk to consumed mussels from the Black Sea riparian countries, the amount of mussels consumed is mainly unknown in countries; thus, consumption of about 1 serving of mussels from clean coastal waters per week is enough. current World EnvironmentJournal Website: www.cwejournal.org

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“…Until recently, the main seafood product on the Montenegrin market was fish, but currently, the demand for nutrition sources such as mussels and other shellfish, has increased. 4 The farmed mussels are sold mostly to restaurants, hotels and on the local market stalls and small quantities of mussels are exported to neighboring countries, primarily to Serbia. Cultivation of mussels in Montenegro is a family-run business and all farms are located in the Boka Kotorska Bay where the hydrological, physical and biological conditions are suitable for the type of rearing used on these farms.…”

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Trace elements concentrations (Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd, As and Hg) in the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and evaluation of mussel quality and possible human health risk from cultivated and wild sites of the southeastern Adriatic Sea, Montenegro

Stanković¹,

Jović²,

Milanov³

et al. 2011

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The Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (L) was collected from the fall 2005 to the winter 2009 from the six sites on the Montenegrin coastline. Two wild samples were collected from the open sea coastline, and two cultivated and two wild were from the Boka Kotorska Bay. The mussels soft tissue was analyzed for zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As) and total mercury (Hg). Concentrations of these metals ranged from 135.5-210 for Zn, 6.2-14.5 for Cu, 4.0-11.5 for Pb, 1.7-2.1 for Cd, 5.8-12.4 for As and 0.11-0.51 for Hg, in mg kg-1 dry weight. The metals were found to be present in the samples at different levels, but not in concentrations higher than maximum residual levels prescribed by the European Union (EU) and US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) regulations for seafood. This indicates that the consumption of wild or cultivated mussels from the studied area is safe in moderate quantities

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Heavy Metals in Seafood Mussels. Risks for Human Health

Cited by 65 publications

References 165 publications

Differences in Trace Element Content between Non-Indigenous Farmed and Invasive Bivalve Mollusks of the South African Coast

Differences in Trace Element Content between Non-Indigenous Farmed and Invasive Bivalve Mollusks of the South African Coast

Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Black Sea: Evaluating Mussels

Trace elements concentrations (Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd, As and Hg) in the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and evaluation of mussel quality and possible human health risk from cultivated and wild sites of the southeastern Adriatic Sea, Montenegro

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