Potential risk assessment of heavy metals by consuming shellfish collected from Xiamen, China

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 20; no. 5; pp. 2937 - 2947
• Main Authors: Li, Jian, Huang, Zhiyong Y., Hu, Yue, Yang, Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.05.2013; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animals; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Bivalvia - metabolism; Cadmium; China; Chromium; clams; Consumption; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Health; Environmental Monitoring; Food additives; Food Contamination - analysis; Health hazards; Health risk assessment; Heavy metal content; Heavy metals; Human body; human health; Humans; Indicator organisms; International organizations; Lead; Mass Spectrometry; Mercury; Metal concentrations; Metals, Heavy - metabolism; Mud; oysters; pollution; Research Article; risk; Risk Assessment; Scientific imaging; Seafood; Shellfish; Shellfish - analysis; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Spectrophotometry, Atomic; Studies; Veneroida; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism; Water pollution; Water Pollution Control; China; China, People's Rep; Target hazard quotients (THQ); Determination; Shellfish; Risk assessment; Heavy metal; Estimated daily intake (EDI)

Concentrations of Hg, Pb, Cd, and Cr in 240 shellfish including oyster, short-necked clam, razor clam, and mud clam collected from six administrative regions in Xiamen of China were measured. The daily intakes of heavy metals through the consumption of shellfish were estimated based on both of the m...