Assessment of levels of Pb, Cd and Hg in Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) from the Bay of Boumerdes (Algeria)
September 12, 2022
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| Article Title: | Assessment of levels of Pb, Cd and Hg in Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) from the Bay of Boumerdes (Algeria) |
| Authors: | Aissioui S., Poirier L., Ramdane Z. |
| Affiliation: | Laboratoire de zoologie appliquée et d’écophysiologie animale, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université de Bejaia (06000), Algérie Université de Nantes, Laboratoire Mer, Molécules, Santé (MMS EA2160), 2 Rue de la Houssinière, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France |
| Abstract: | Contaminated commercial fish species, like Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792), is the main way of the exposure of consumers to toxicity by heavy metals (contamination through diet). Then many risks maybe rise in the consumer’s populations. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the concentration of three potential toxic heavy metals (Pb, Cd and Hg) in this fish, and to verify possible health risks to consumers from the studied region. For this purpose, one hundred specimens of this fish were sampled during two seasons, Spring and Summer (2017) from the Bay of Boumerdes (Algerian coast). Our results show that the higher mean concentrations of Cd were recorded in the liver. Mean concentrations of these three studied metals in the muscle did not exceed the recommended limits in this fish, and no risks related to its consumption can be suspected. |
| Keywords: | Sardina pilchardus, Toxic heavy metals, Muscle, two seasons, Bay of Boumerdes |
| *Correspondence: | Souad Aissioui, Laboratory of Applied Zoology and Animal Ecophysiology, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, University of Bejaia (06000), Algeria, e-mail: aissioui.souad@yahoo.fr |
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