Mercury levels in fish available on the European markets (CROSBI ID 600494)
Prilog sa skupa u zborniku | sažetak izlaganja sa skupa | međunarodna recenzija
Podaci o odgovornosti
Miklavčič, Ana ; Kristan, Urška ; Stibilj, Vekoslava ; Pohar, Jure ; Mariuz, Marika ; Špirić, Zdravko ; Barbone, Fabio ; Horvat, Milena
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Mercury levels in fish available on the European markets
The major source of MeHg exposure of general population represents seafood consumption. Although is well known that the highest levels of total mercury (THg) and methyl mercury (MeHg) were found in organisms at the top of the food chain, THg, MeHg levels in fish vary greatly between and within species depending also on fish origin. Moreover, the EU is one of the largest seafood markets. Fish bought at the same food market can origin from fishing areas of all parts of the world and fish can be farmed or from wild fisheries. Therefore, in order to assess Hg exposure through fish consumption, THg and MeHg levels were determined in fish consumed by Slovenian (Ljubljana), Italian (Trieste) and Croatian (Rijeka) population and compared to data obtained from other European countries. The data about the most frequently consumed species of fish were assessed with detailed food frequencies questionnaires filled by the most susceptible population (pregnant women) from Slovenia (n=584), Italy (n=900) and Croatia (n=234). The samples of the most frequently consumed species of fish were then collected from the fish markets where these pregnant women were probably buying the fish. In addition, THg and MeHg levels were also determined in the same species of fish from farmed and wild fisheries available on the Slovenian market. The mean THg values were 21 ng/g (Min 11 ng/g, Max 62 ng/g) in fish from the Slovenian market, 164 ng/g (Min 17 ng/g, Max 1220 ng/g) in fish from the Italian market and 143 ng/g (Min 8 ng/g, Max 587 ng/g) in fish from the Croatian market. Moreover, in our study most of the fish bought by Slovenian women were farmed, while Croatian and Italian women ate farmed fish and fish from wild fisheries.
Mercury; fish; European markets
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Podaci o prilogu
2013.
objavljeno
Podaci o matičnoj publikaciji
The 11th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant
Sloss, Lesley ; Corns, Warren ; Keenan, Helen
Edinburgh: The 11th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant
Podaci o skupu
The 11th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant
predavanje
28.07.2013-02.08.2013
Edinburgh, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Povezanost rada
Kemijsko inženjerstvo, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Prehrambena tehnologija