Human health risk assessment of heavy metals via dietary intake of Rainbow trout from Samsun fish markets

Authors : Öztekin YARDIM, Levent BAT

Pages : 260-263

Doi:10.35229/jaes.702810

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Publication Date : 2020-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Fish are an important part of the diet of the local people in the coasts of the Black Sea. The concentrations of three essential insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Fe, Zn, Cu); and three non-essential insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pb, Hg, Cd); heavy metals were determined in Rainbow trout from Samsun fish market. In the present study, the maximum amounts of the toxic metals were 0.014 mg Pb kg-1 wet wt., 0.024 mg Hg kg-1 wet wt. and 0.018 mg Cd kg-1 wet wt. in the edible tissues of Rainbow trout. Maximum toxic heavy metal values are quite below the permitted values set by the Turkish Food Codex insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TFC); and European Union legislation. Hazardous quotient insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HQ); values showed that there was no apparent risk when each metal was analysed individually. Moreover, hazard index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HI); was also found to be less than 1. From the results the HQ of the heavy metals indicated that all Rainbow trout individuals were safe with no risk to consumers.
Keywords : Heavy metals, Samsun, Rainbow trout, hazardous quotient, hazard index