Heavy Metals in the Fish Tenualosa ilisha Hamilton, 1822 in the Padma-Meghna River Confluence: Potential Risks to Public Health.

ABSTRACT: Hilsa shad (Tenulosa ilisha) is Bangladesh's most important single-species fishery that contributes to 11% of total catch and employment for millions of people. However, heavy metals (HMs) toxicity in the edible organs of T. ilisha and their plausible public health threats have received weak attention. To provide insights on this issue, we determined, using ICP-MS, the concentration of Zn, Cu, Cr (VI), Pb, and Cd in the edible organs of five different sizes of T. ilisha and the surface water collected from the Padma-Meghna River confluence, Chandpur (Bangladesh). Multivariate analysis indicated that T. ilisha gills and liver contained higher HMs than muscle, and the surface water was below the safety limits. The study revealed that only Cr c

SUBMITTER: Sarker MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8708538 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature