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Title: Risk assessment of heavy metals in marine fish and seafood from Kedah and Selangor coastal regions of Malaysia: a high-risk health concern for consumers
Authors: Salam, MA 
Dayal, SR 
Siddiqua, SA 
Muhib, MI 
Bhowmik, S 
Kabir, MM 
Rak, A.E. 
Srzednicki, G 
Keywords: Heavy metal concentration;Marine fishes and seafoods;Hazard quotients (HQ)
Issue Date: Oct-2021
Journal: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH 
Abstract: 
The heavy metals namely Fe, As, Cu, Cd, and Pb were investigated in two marine fishes silver pomfret (Pampus argentus) and torpedo scad (Megalaspis cordyla), and three seafoods sibogae squid (Loligo sibogae), Indian white prawn (Fenneropenaeus indicus), and mud crab (Scylla serrata) by using inductively coupled plasma spectrophotometer (ICP-MS) from two renowned fish harvesting coastal area of Malaysia named as Kedah and Selangor. Among the target heavy metals, highest mean concentration of As and Fe were found in Scylla serrata (72.14 +/- 7.77 mu g/g) in Kedah and Megalaspis cordyla (149.40 +/- 2.15 mu g/g) in Selangor. Pearson's correlation results showed As-Fe-Cd-Cu originated from the same source. Maximum estimated daily intake (EDI) values of Scylla serrata were found 175.25 mu g/g/day and 100.81 mu g/g/day for child in both Kedah and Selangor areas respectively. Hazard quotient (HQ) and hazard index (HI) results revealed that local consumers of Kedah and Selangor will face high chronic risk if they consume Scylla serrata, Fenneropenaeus indicus, and Megalaspis cordyla on regular basis in their diet. Carcinogenic risk results suggested that all the studied species pose very high risk of cancer occurrences to the consumers in both areas. Therefore, it could be recommended that consumers should be aware when they are consuming these marine species since they can pose serious health risk associated with prolonged consumption.
Description: 
Web of Science
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2131
ISSN: 1614-7499
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14701-z
Appears in Collections:Faculty of Earth Science - Journal (Scopus/WOS)

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