A Preliminary Study on Mercury Pollution in Fish and Shellfish from Jiaozhou Bay in North of China

Abstract:

In order to understand the pollution status of mercury in fish and shellfish products from the Jiaozhou Bay and its health mercury risk for the population, a total of 86 samples for 13 kinds of seafood products from Shuangbu, Hongdao, Yinghai and Huangdao in Jiaozhou Bay were collected from April to May 2009. The mercury content in samples was determined by the method of cold atomic absorption method used F732-V mercury detector. The result of this experiment showed that the range of mercury contents in the collected fish and shellfish samples were 0.0044-0.4895 mg/kg. The mercury content in Psetta maxima had the highest value in all fish samples collected, and Clinocardium californiense had the highest mercury content in shellfish samples gathered. The fish and shellfish samples from Hongdao had the highest average mercury contents in all the four origin regions, and that in Huangdao had the lowest average mercury content. There were 16.67% of Ruditapes philippinarum samples over the national standard of China, and the data was 33.33%, 50%, and 50% for Clinocardium californiense, Psetta maxima, and Mylopharyngodon piceus, repectively. Population has a certain health risk for mercury exposure from the consumption of fish and shellfish in Jiaozhou Bay.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 864-867)
• Pages: 234-238
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.864-867.234
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Lei Zhang
• Keywords: Fish, Mercury, Shellfish

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