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Human Health Risk Assessments of Trace Metals on the Clam Corbicula javanica in a Tropical River in Peninsular Malaysia
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 18, Issue 1, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 195, p 195 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2020.
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Abstract
- This study aimed to analyse ten trace metal concentrations in the edible part of the freshwater clam Corbicula javanica and to provide a critical assessment of the potential risks to human health through consumption of this clam as food based on well-established indices and food safety guidelines. The clams were captured from a pristine original site and transplanted to other sites with different environmental qualities. The trace metal levels in the edible total soft tissue (TST) of the clam were below those of the food safety guidelines referred to except for Pb, which exceeded the permissible limit set by the European Commission (2006) and the US Food and Drug Administration/ Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)<br />Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference. (USFDA/CFSAN<br />ISSC) (2007). The estimated daily intake (EDI) values of the clam were found to be lower than the oral reference dose and the calculated target hazard quotient (THQ) and total THQ were found to be less than 1. Therefore, in conclusion, the human health risk for consumption of TST of C. javanica at both average and high-level were insignificant regardless of the environment it was exposed to.
- Subjects :
- animal structures
Corbicula javanica
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
trace metals
lcsh:Medicine
Food Contamination
010501 environmental sciences
Risk Assessment
01 natural sciences
Article
human health risk assessment
Toxicology
03 medical and health sciences
Human health
Rivers
Metals, Heavy
Animals
Humans
Trace metal
Corbicula
Shellfish
030304 developmental biology
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
0303 health sciences
Reference dose
business.industry
lcsh:R
digestive, oral, and skin physiology
Malaysia
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Food safety
Hazard quotient
Seafood
Environmental science
Risk assessment
business
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Environmental Monitoring
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16604601
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....16ae71a6967b1f612717a85f70b6fa37
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010195