Heavy Metals and PAHs in Meat, Milk, and Seafood From Augusta Area (Southern Italy): Contamination Levels, Dietary Intake, and Human Exposure Assessment
Heavy metals and PAHs were measured in animal foodstuffs from Augusta-Melilli-Priolo area in order to evaluate the potential human health risk associated to their consumption. All heavy metals were detected in seafood products while most of them were <LOD in beef, pork and milks samples. Part...
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| author | Calogero Di Bella Anna Traina Cristina Giosuè Davide Carpintieri Gianluigi Maria Lo Dico Antonio Bellante Marianna Del Core Francesca Falco Serena Gherardi Maria Michela Uccello Vincenzo Ferrantelli |
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| description | Heavy metals and PAHs were measured in animal foodstuffs from Augusta-Melilli-Priolo area in order to evaluate the potential human health risk associated to their consumption. All heavy metals were detected in seafood products while most of them were <LOD in beef, pork and milks samples. Particularly, seafood products registered higher values of total arsenic (As), mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) than other food categories, while beef and pork showed higher content of zinc (Zn). Cadmium (Cd) and Pb were below the tolerable limits reported by the European Union in foodstuffs (1) while mercury exceed the threshold value in seafood products. Among the PAHs, chrysene (Chr) was detected in all the terrestrial foodstuffs with higher concentrations found in raw milks. Small quantity of benz(a)anthracene (BaA) were also found in this food. The health risk for consumers was assessed for five age categories of consumers calculating the estimated weekly intake (EWI), the target hazard quotient (THQ) and the cancer risk (CR) for each contaminant. Moreover, the margin of exposure (MOE) was estimated for PAHs. The EWIHg related to seafood products intake exceeded the Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake (PTWI) recommended by the European Food Safety Authority. The THQHg was >1 for baby, children and teenagers, indicating a non-carcinogenic risk for these age categories by seafood ingestion. The CRAs overcame 1*10−5 for almost age categories (except “baby”) and for elderly, by seafood and beef ingestions respectively. Moreover, the MOE for PAHs showed a certain cancer risk for “baby” related to cow milk ingestion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e756021dd79c41fb8d769fc671a847cd2022-12-22T01:19:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652020-07-01810.3389/fpubh.2020.00273484531Heavy Metals and PAHs in Meat, Milk, and Seafood From Augusta Area (Southern Italy): Contamination Levels, Dietary Intake, and Human Exposure AssessmentCalogero Di Bella0Anna Traina1Cristina Giosuè2Davide Carpintieri3Gianluigi Maria Lo Dico4Antonio Bellante5Marianna Del Core6Francesca Falco7Serena Gherardi8Maria Michela Uccello9Vincenzo Ferrantelli10Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia (IZSSi), Palermo, ItalyNational Research Council of Italy-Institute of Anthropic Impacts and Sustainability in Marine Environment (IAS-CNR), Palermo, ItalyNational Research Council of Italy-Institute of Anthropic Impacts and Sustainability in Marine Environment (IAS-CNR), Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia (IZSSi), Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia (IZSSi), Palermo, ItalyNational Research Council of Italy-Institute of Anthropic Impacts and Sustainability in Marine Environment (IAS-CNR), Palermo, ItalyNational Research Council of Italy-Institute of Anthropic Impacts and Sustainability in Marine Environment (IAS-CNR), Palermo, ItalyNational Research Council of Italy- Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnology (IRBIM-CNR), Mazara Del Vallo, ItalyNational Research Council of Italy-Institute of Marine Science (ISMAR-CNR), Naples, ItalyAzienda Sanitaria Provinciale, Siracusa, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia (IZSSi), Palermo, ItalyHeavy metals and PAHs were measured in animal foodstuffs from Augusta-Melilli-Priolo area in order to evaluate the potential human health risk associated to their consumption. All heavy metals were detected in seafood products while most of them were <LOD in beef, pork and milks samples. Particularly, seafood products registered higher values of total arsenic (As), mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) than other food categories, while beef and pork showed higher content of zinc (Zn). Cadmium (Cd) and Pb were below the tolerable limits reported by the European Union in foodstuffs (1) while mercury exceed the threshold value in seafood products. Among the PAHs, chrysene (Chr) was detected in all the terrestrial foodstuffs with higher concentrations found in raw milks. Small quantity of benz(a)anthracene (BaA) were also found in this food. The health risk for consumers was assessed for five age categories of consumers calculating the estimated weekly intake (EWI), the target hazard quotient (THQ) and the cancer risk (CR) for each contaminant. Moreover, the margin of exposure (MOE) was estimated for PAHs. The EWIHg related to seafood products intake exceeded the Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake (PTWI) recommended by the European Food Safety Authority. The THQHg was >1 for baby, children and teenagers, indicating a non-carcinogenic risk for these age categories by seafood ingestion. The CRAs overcame 1*10−5 for almost age categories (except “baby”) and for elderly, by seafood and beef ingestions respectively. Moreover, the MOE for PAHs showed a certain cancer risk for “baby” related to cow milk ingestion.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00273/fullheavy metalPAHfoodstuffrisk assessmentestimated weekly intake (EWI)target hazard quotient (THQ) |
| spellingShingle | Calogero Di Bella Anna Traina Cristina Giosuè Davide Carpintieri Gianluigi Maria Lo Dico Antonio Bellante Marianna Del Core Francesca Falco Serena Gherardi Maria Michela Uccello Vincenzo Ferrantelli Heavy Metals and PAHs in Meat, Milk, and Seafood From Augusta Area (Southern Italy): Contamination Levels, Dietary Intake, and Human Exposure Assessment Frontiers in Public Health heavy metal PAH foodstuff risk assessment estimated weekly intake (EWI) target hazard quotient (THQ) |
| title | Heavy Metals and PAHs in Meat, Milk, and Seafood From Augusta Area (Southern Italy): Contamination Levels, Dietary Intake, and Human Exposure Assessment |
| title_full | Heavy Metals and PAHs in Meat, Milk, and Seafood From Augusta Area (Southern Italy): Contamination Levels, Dietary Intake, and Human Exposure Assessment |
| title_fullStr | Heavy Metals and PAHs in Meat, Milk, and Seafood From Augusta Area (Southern Italy): Contamination Levels, Dietary Intake, and Human Exposure Assessment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heavy Metals and PAHs in Meat, Milk, and Seafood From Augusta Area (Southern Italy): Contamination Levels, Dietary Intake, and Human Exposure Assessment |
| title_short | Heavy Metals and PAHs in Meat, Milk, and Seafood From Augusta Area (Southern Italy): Contamination Levels, Dietary Intake, and Human Exposure Assessment |
| title_sort | heavy metals and pahs in meat milk and seafood from augusta area southern italy contamination levels dietary intake and human exposure assessment |
| topic | heavy metal PAH foodstuff risk assessment estimated weekly intake (EWI) target hazard quotient (THQ) |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00273/full |
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