Human health risks from heavy metals in fish of Buriganga river, Bangladesh

• Published in: SpringerPlus Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 1697
• Main Authors: Kawser Ahmed, Md, Baki, Mohammad Abdul, Kundu, Goutam Kumar, Saiful Islam, Md, Monirul Islam, Md, Muzammel Hossain, Md
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 03.10.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; Fish; Health hazards; Health risks; Heavy metals; Humanities and Social Sciences; Lead; multidisciplinary; Rivers; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Bangladesh; Human health; Bangladesh; Target hazard quotient (THQ); Fish; Hazard index (HI); Buriganga river; Heavy metal

Heavy metals are known to cause deleterious effects on human health through food chain. Human health risks were evaluated from consumption of heavy metal contaminated fish from Buriganga River in Bangladesh. Whole body of five fish species ( Puntius ticto, Puntius sophore, Puntius chola, Labeo rohit...