Mercury Contamination in Khramulia (Capoeta capoeta) from the Cheshme Kile and Zarrin Gol Rivers in Iran and Human Health Risk Assessment

• Published in: Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology Vol. 93; no. 4; pp. 472 - 477
• Main Authors: Malvandi, Hassan, Sari, Abbas Esmaili, Aliabadian, Mansour
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.10.2014; Springer US; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agnatha. Pisces; Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Aquatic Pollution; Bioaccumulation; Biological and medical sciences; Concentration (composition); Cyprinidae - metabolism; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on vertebrates; Environment; Environment. Living conditions; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Environmental Monitoring - statistics & numerical data; Environmental Protection Agency; Fish; Food and Agriculture Organization; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Health; Health risk assessment; Health Status Indicators; Human; human health; Humans; Iran; Medical sciences; Mercury; Mercury (metal); Mercury - analysis; muscle tissues; Muscle, Skeletal - chemistry; Muscles; Organizations; Pollution; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; risk; risk assessment; Rivers; Soil Science & Conservation; Toxicity; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollution Control; World Health Organization; Iran; Asia; Hazard quotient; Cheshme Kile; Mercury; Zarrin Gol; Estimated weekly intake; Human; Edible fish; Absorbed dose; Risk analysis; Contamination; Heavy metal; Freshwater environment; Trace element; Pollutant; Vertebrata; Health and environment; Residue; Pisces; Health hazards; Capoeta capoeta; Stream; Muscle; Cheshme Kite; Public health
• ISSN: 0007-4861; 1432-0800
• DOI: 10.1007/s00128-014-1335-1

Total mercury concentrations were determined in muscle tissue of Khramulia (Capoeta capoeta) captured in the Cheshme Kile and Zarrin Gol Rivers, Iran. In Cheshme Kile River, 49 fish samples were collected. The mean total mercury concentration in the muscles of C. capoeta from this area was 249 ng g⁻¹ dw. In Zarrin Gol River, where 62 fish samples were collected, the total mercury in muscles averaged 164 ng g⁻¹ dw. A significant difference was found between means of mercury in the rivers (p < 0.001). All samples from the two rivers had mean mercury concentrations below the maximum allowable limits for mercury set by the Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization, Standardization Administration of China and Environmental Protection Agency. The results of this study indicate that the values of hazard target quotient and estimated weekly intake are low and represent a negligible risk for human health.