Fish and fish products as risk factors of mercury exposure

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11110%2F18%3A10381866" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11110/18:10381866 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.26444/aaem/84934" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.26444/aaem/84934</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.26444/aaem/84934" target="_blank" >10.26444/aaem/84934</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Fish and fish products as risk factors of mercury exposure

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Introduction and objective. Mercury is ubiquitous in the biosphere, occurring in the air, water, land, and soil, as well as in living organisms. Excessive exposure to mercury is associated with a wide range of adverse health effects including damage to the central nervous system and the kidneys. Mercury exists in many different forms in the environment which produce various patterns of toxicity. Protection of the food chain from contamination by mercury is an important task in the protection of health of the human population. Objective. The aim of the study was to monitor the concentrations of mercury in fish and fish products from food retail in Eastern Slovakia, and from the Ruzin water reservoir, Kosice district. Materials and method. A total of 384 samples of fish and fish products were collected for the study. Atomic absorption spectrometry standard solutions for mercury were used at a wavelength of 254 nm. Results. The majority of countries and global organizations now enforce a maximum concentration of mercury in fish of approximately 0.5 mg.kg(-1). All of the 184 samples (50.52 % of the total fish samples studied) were above the maximum level set by the European Commission Regulation for mercury in fish. Conclusions. The systematic analytical control of contaminants in food is important. Mercury is concentrated in seafood, products of prey and marine fish, fish from rivers and lakes in the areas contaminated by mercury. According to the findings of this study with analyzer AMA 254, the consumption is not recommended of fish, especially seafood (meat of shark, swordfish and king mackerel), for selected groups of the population: children, women of childbearing age, pregnant women and nursing mothers.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Fish and fish products as risk factors of mercury exposure

Popis výsledku anglicky

Introduction and objective. Mercury is ubiquitous in the biosphere, occurring in the air, water, land, and soil, as well as in living organisms. Excessive exposure to mercury is associated with a wide range of adverse health effects including damage to the central nervous system and the kidneys. Mercury exists in many different forms in the environment which produce various patterns of toxicity. Protection of the food chain from contamination by mercury is an important task in the protection of health of the human population. Objective. The aim of the study was to monitor the concentrations of mercury in fish and fish products from food retail in Eastern Slovakia, and from the Ruzin water reservoir, Kosice district. Materials and method. A total of 384 samples of fish and fish products were collected for the study. Atomic absorption spectrometry standard solutions for mercury were used at a wavelength of 254 nm. Results. The majority of countries and global organizations now enforce a maximum concentration of mercury in fish of approximately 0.5 mg.kg(-1). All of the 184 samples (50.52 % of the total fish samples studied) were above the maximum level set by the European Commission Regulation for mercury in fish. Conclusions. The systematic analytical control of contaminants in food is important. Mercury is concentrated in seafood, products of prey and marine fish, fish from rivers and lakes in the areas contaminated by mercury. According to the findings of this study with analyzer AMA 254, the consumption is not recommended of fish, especially seafood (meat of shark, swordfish and king mackerel), for selected groups of the population: children, women of childbearing age, pregnant women and nursing mothers.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30304 - Public and environmental health

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

ISSN

1232-1966

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

25

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

488-493

Kód UT WoS článku

000445732200020

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85054895029