Bioaccumulation Levels and Potential Health Risks of Mercury, Cadmium, and Lead in Albacore (Thunnus alalunga, Bonnaterre, 1788) from The Aegean Sea, Greece.

ABSTRACT: Aegean Sea albacore (T. alalunga), fresh or processed, is marketed locally in Greece or exported, mainly to Japan, Italy, Spain, and France. To provide information for consumers and biomonitoring programs and assess the potential human health risks, concentrations of mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) were determined in albacore edible muscle samples from two fishing grounds of the Aegean Sea, Greece via graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GF-AAS). Of the 82 individuals, 28 contained Cd and three contained Pb above the permissible limits set by the European Union (0.1 mg kg-1 wet wt and 0.3 mg kg-1 wet wt, respectively). None of the samples contained mercury above the limit (1.0 mg kg-1 wet wt). Potential health risks to human via dietary intake of albacore were estimate

SUBMITTER: Stamatis N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6427763 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature