Investigation of Heavy Metals in Carasobarbus Luteus, Barbus Grypus and Tilapia sp. and Risk Assessment for Consumers in Shavour River of Shush County

Subject Areas : Journal of Animal Biology

Saad Bayat ¹ , Reza Salighehzadeh ² , Marjan Mosafer ³

1 - 1- Department of Veterinary, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran
2 - 1- Department of Veterinary, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran
3 - 2- Department of Marine Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2023-11-27 Accepted : 2024-01-02 Published : 2024-01-05

Keywords: Himri, Shabout, Tilapila, Shavor River, Shush City.,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to investigate the heavy metal contamination of native fish such as red mullet, Shabout and tilapia in the Khaneh Shavour River of Shush County and to assess the risk to consumers. To investigate the amount of heavy metals remaining in fish meat, samples were collected from several parts of the Shavour River of Shush County. The results of descriptive statistics showed that there was no significant relationship between the amount of residual elements in fish of the species of red mullet, red mullet and tilapia (p < 0.05). There was a significant difference between the concentration of heavy metals in summer and winter (p < 0.05). The comparison of the amount of heavy metals remaining in the meat of himri, shabout and tilapila with international standards showed that the concentration of all elements except lead and nickel were significantly lower than the permissible limit (p < 0.05), and the concentration of nickel was higher than the international standards, but there was no significant difference (p > 0.05). The concentration of lead was significantly higher than the permissible limit (p < 0.05). The health risk assessment showed that according to the maximum tolerable daily intake (MTDI) of heavy metals, the daily and continuous consumption of these products by different age groups (children and adults) of consumers is completely safe, except for lead, and there is no risk for them in this regard. Also, the estimation of daily intake and according to the MTDI values of all metals except lead showed that the consumption of himri, shabout and tilapila fish currently does not pose a risk to human health, however, to prevent possible contamination in the future in terms of management, more attention should be paid to these pollutants and their possible sources from a management perspective.

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