Heavy metals in Fish Species from Mediterranean Coast, Tripoli Port (Libya): A comprehensive assessment of the potential adverse effects on human health | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries | ||
| Article 10, Volume 22, 5 (Special Issue), November 2018, Pages 149-164 PDF (595.45 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2018.19514 | ||
| Authors | ||
| mohamed okbah1; Edweb A. S. Dango2; Gehan M. El Zokm3 | ||
| 1National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt,marine chemistry lab. | ||
| 2High Institute in Jerpoly area, Tripoli, Libya | ||
| 3National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Kayet Bay, Alexandria, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The Libyan coast plays an important role in terms of biodiversity and productivity of Mediterranean marine ecosystem. This study is designed to assess potential risks for human populations via fish intake. It enhances the information about anthropogenic impacts in Tripoli port (Libya) to understand the distribution of pollutants encourage appropriate common policies to predict potential risk zones for stakeholders. The levels of Iron, Zinc, Copper, and Cadmium in livers, gills, muscles, skin, and bones of five Mediterranean Sea fish species in Tripoli Port (Libya) namely; Boops boops, Hemiramphus far, Sardinella aurita, Saurida undosquamis and Scomber japonicas were evaluated. The results showed that considerable difference in metal concentrations among fish organs. The highest concentrations of Cd, Cu, and Fe were measured in livers, while gills and skins had higher concentrations of Zn. The ranges of heavy metal concentrations in different organs of studied fish species were reported (Zn; 7.18 - 21.94, Cu; 1.89-7.03, Fe; 0.93-4.05, Cd; 0.19 to 0.97 µgg-1wet wt.). Fortunately, the calculated weekly intakes of metals (EWIs) were much lower than provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI). So, human health risks resulting from consumption of studied fish species from Tripoli Port are inconsiderable, that fish muscles are not active tissues for metal accumulation, rendering them suitable for human consumption. In this study the hazard quotient (HQ) and the hazard index (HI) were <1, and so no potential health risk to the consumers. Principal component analyses specified that Cu and Cd were contributed from the same anthropogenic activity. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fish species; Heavy metals; Assessing Potential Risk; Tripoli Port; Mediterranean Sea | ||
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