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Metal Concentrations in Age-Groups of the Clam, Megapitaria squalida, from a Coastal Lagoon in Mexico: A Human Health Risk Assessment

Authors :
J. Isidro Osuna-López
Martín G. Frías-Espericueta
Irving B. Pineda-Pérez
Domenico Voltolina
Marisela Aguilar-Juárez
C. Cristina Osuna-Martínez
Jorge Ruelas-Inzunza
C. G. Delgado-Alvarez
Rodolfo Covantes-Rosales
Ofelia Escobar-Sánchez
Source :
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 103:822-827
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.

Abstract

The present study shows the human health risk of Cd, Cu, Hg and Zn by consumption of clams Megapitaria squalida from Northwest Mexico, collected in 2013. The mean concentration for each metal in the soft tissue was: Zn > Cu > Cd > Hg; and mean values of 68.89 ± 37.59—30.36 ± 27.19, 8.77 ± 1.35—6.80 ± 0.36, 4.47 ± 0.21—3.18 ± 0.63 and 0.99 ± 0.81—0.52 ± 0.16 µg/g, respectively. Clam age was significantly negatively correlated (p

Details

ISSN :
14320800 and 00074861
Volume :
103
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....5e0d59a21b647cde5e26acad990f63aa
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-019-02723-w