Heavy metal levels in farmed and wild fishes of aegean sea and assessment of potential risks to human health Ege denizi vahşi ve çiftlik Balıklarının ağır metal düzeyleri ve İnsan sağlığı üzerine potansiyel risklerinin değerlendirilmesi

YİPEL M., Türk E., Tekeli İ. O., Oğuz H.

Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi, cilt.22, sa.6, ss.889-894, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.9775/kvfd.2016.15576
  • Dergi Adı: Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.889-894
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Aegean Sea, Heavy metal, Pagellus erythrinus, Risk assessment, Sparus aurata, Spicara maena
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this study was to determine the levels of Ag, Al, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn in wild seabream (Sparus aurata), blotched picarel (Spicara maena), pandora (Pagellus erythrinus) fished from the Aegean Sea and the farmed seabream (Sparus aurata), and to assess the risks depending on their consumption by humans. A total of 40 fishes were collected and the metal levels were determined using ICP-OES. The metal levels were determined to be Ag (Nd), Al (3.20-8.87), Co (0.01-0.01), Cr (0.02-0.51), Cu (0.96-1.28), Fe (0.23-4.30), Mn (0.15-0.39), Ni (0.13-0.22), Pb (0.00-0.10) and Zn (6.18-7.30) (mg kg-1 w.w.) in the study. No Ag or Cd were found in the samples. The heavy metal levels were below the national and international legal limits. The target hazard quotient (THQ) and total target hazard quotient (TTHQ) method was used to determine the possible risks of the heavy metals on human health. THQ and TTHQ values were all less than 1 and it was concluded that they do not pose any risks in terms of human health.