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

Overview

Journal Environ Sci Pollut Res Int

Publisher Springer

Specialties Environmental Health
Toxicology

Date 2021 Jun 15

PMID 34129166

Citations 7

Authors

Mohammed Abdus Salam

Shalini Rajeswara Dayal

Sadia Afrin Siddiqua

Md Iftakharul Muhib

Shuva Bhowmik

Mohammad Mahbub Kabir

Aweng AL Eh Rak

George Srzednicki

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

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 μg/g) in Kedah and Megalaspis cordyla (149.40±2.15 μg/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 μg/g/day and 100.81 μg/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.

Citing Articles

Assessment of Essential and Potentially Toxic Elements in Water and Sediment and the Tissues of (Tschudi, 1846) from the Coast of Callao Bay, Peru.

Guabloche A, Alvarino L, da Silva Acioly T, Viana D, Iannacone J Toxics. 2024; 12(1).

PMID: 38251023 PMC: 10819353. DOI: 10.3390/toxics12010068.

Trace metals in transboundary (India-Myanmar-Bangladesh) anadromous fish Tenualosa ilisha and its consequences on human health.

Parvin A, Hossain M, Parvin A, Hossain M, Ali Shaikh M, Moniruzzaman M Sci Rep. 2023; 13(1):19978.

PMID: 37968367 PMC: 10651861. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47142-4.

Heavy metals in wild and cultured shrimp, supplied feeds, and their habitats: Assessing public health risk.

Sarker M, Sultana S, Hossain S, Yu J, Arai T, Hossain M Heliyon. 2023; 9(9):e19455.

PMID: 37681166 PMC: 10481285. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19455.

Biomonitoring-Health Risk Nexus of Potentially Toxic Metals on : A Biomonitoring Study from Peninsular Malaysia.

Yap C, Al-Mutairi K Foods. 2023; 12(8).

PMID: 37107369 PMC: 10138110. DOI: 10.3390/foods12081575.

Comparative Study of Potentially Toxic Nickel and Their Potential Human Health Risks in Seafood (Fish and Mollusks) from Peninsular Malaysia.

Yap C, Al-Mutairi K Biology (Basel). 2022; 11(3).

PMID: 35336750 PMC: 8945417. DOI: 10.3390/biology11030376.

References

Keshavarzi B, Hassanaghaei M, Moore F, Rastegari Mehr M, Soltanian S, Lahijanzadeh A . Heavy metal contamination and health risk assessment in three commercial fish species in the Persian Gulf. Mar Pollut Bull. 2018; 129(1):245-252. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.02.032. View

Singh A, Sharma R, Agrawal M, Marshall F . Health risk assessment of heavy metals via dietary intake of foodstuffs from the wastewater irrigated site of a dry tropical area of India. Food Chem Toxicol. 2009; 48(2):611-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.11.041. View

Domingo J . Omega-3 fatty acids and the benefits of fish consumption: is all that glitters gold?. Environ Int. 2007; 33(7):993-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.05.001. View

Martorell I, Perello G, Marti-Cid R, Llobet J, Castell V, Domingo J . Human exposure to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead from foods in Catalonia, Spain: temporal trend. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2010; 142(3):309-22. DOI: 10.1007/s12011-010-8787-x. View

Kannan K, Agusa T, Evans T, Tanabe S . Trace element concentrations in livers of polar bears from two populations in Northern and Western Alaska. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2007; 53(3):473-82. DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-0018-x. View

Chi Q, Zhu G, Alan L . Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in fishes from Taihu Lake, China. J Environ Sci (China). 2008; 19(12):1500-4. DOI: 10.1016/s1001-0742(07)60244-7. View

Sarmiento A, DelValls A, Nieto J, Salamanca M, Caraballo M . Toxicity and potential risk assessment of a river polluted by acid mine drainage in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (SW Spain). Sci Total Environ. 2011; 409(22):4763-71. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.07.043. View

Vaziri N, Gonick H . Cardiovascular effects of lead exposure. Indian J Med Res. 2008; 128(4):426-35. View

Cecil K, Brubaker C, Adler C, Dietrich K, Altaye M, Egelhoff J . Decreased brain volume in adults with childhood lead exposure. PLoS Med. 2008; 5(5):e112. PMC: 2689675. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050112. View

10.

Hossen M, Hamdan S, Rahman M . Review on the Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Malaysian Clams. ScientificWorldJournal. 2015; 2015:905497. PMC: 4427851. DOI: 10.1155/2015/905497. View

11.

Sarbani Roy S, Mahapatra R, Rath S, Bajpai A, Singh V, Rath S . Improved neonatal survival after participatory learning and action with women's groups: a prospective study in rural eastern India. Bull World Health Organ. 2013; 91(6):426-433B. PMC: 3777144. DOI: 10.2471/BLT.12.105171. View

12.

Morton W, Caron G . Encephalopathy: an uncommon manifestation of workplace arsenic poisoning?. Am J Ind Med. 1989; 15(1):1-5. DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700150102. View

13.

He M, Ke C, Wang W . Effects of cooking and subcellular distribution on the bioaccessibility of trace elements in two marine fish species. J Agric Food Chem. 2010; 58(6):3517-23. DOI: 10.1021/jf100227n. View

14.

Luevano J, Damodaran C . A review of molecular events of cadmium-induced carcinogenesis. J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol. 2014; 33(3):183-94. PMC: 4183964. DOI: 10.1615/jenvironpatholtoxicoloncol.2014011075. View

15.

Marmar J, Benoff S . The safety of ultrasonically guided testis aspiration biopsies and efficacy of use to predict varicocelectomy outcome. Hum Reprod. 2005; 20(8):2279-88. DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei027. View

16.

Mendil D, Demirci Z, Tuzen M, Soylak M . Seasonal investigation of trace element contents in commercially valuable fish species from the Black sea, Turkey. Food Chem Toxicol. 2009; 48(3):865-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.12.023. View

17.

Thompson K, Shoham S, Connor J . Iron and neurodegenerative disorders. Brain Res Bull. 2001; 55(2):155-64. DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(01)00510-x. View

18.

Rajeshkumar S, Liu Y, Zhang X, Ravikumar B, Bai G, Li X . Studies on seasonal pollution of heavy metals in water, sediment, fish and oyster from the Meiliang Bay of Taihu Lake in China. Chemosphere. 2017; 191:626-638. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.10.078. View

19.

Ersoy B, Celik M . The essential and toxic elements in tissues of six commercial demersal fish from Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Food Chem Toxicol. 2010; 48(5):1377-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.03.004. View

20.

Chary N, Kamala C, Raj D . Assessing risk of heavy metals from consuming food grown on sewage irrigated soils and food chain transfer. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2007; 69(3):513-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.04.013. View