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<p>The current study assessed health risks posed by exposure to metals from the consumption of Baltic Sea trout (<italic>Salmo trutta</italic> L.). Concentrations of essential minerals in sea trout muscles were determined and compared with the physiological requirements of these minerals in Polish nutrition standards, recommended dietary allowances (RDA), and estimated average requirements (EAR). Chemical analyses indicated that sea trout was rich in phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium. The pattern significance gradation of the element concentrations was as follows: P>Ca>Mg>Na>K>Fe>Zn>Cu>Se>Mn>Co. Sea trout consumption can provide a considerable portion of the RDA of copper, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, iron, and zinc. The ranking order of the mean toxic element concentrations in sea trout muscle tissues was As>Pb>Cd>Hg. Potential risk estimated with the hazard quotient (HQ) indicated that most metals posed no health risk because they did not exceed reference doses at HQ &lt; 1. For carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic effects, the maximum allowable rates of sea trout consumption were sufficiently high to ensure human health. According to these data, the consumption of farmed sea trout from the Baltic Sea in the northern region of Pomerania, Poland did not pose a risk to human health.</p>
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The current study assessed health risks posed by exposure to metals from the consumption of Baltic Sea trout (Salmo trutta L.). Concentrations of essential minerals in sea trout muscles were determined and compared with the physiological requirements of these minerals in Polish nutrition standards, recommended dietary allowances (RDA), and estimated average requirements (EAR). Chemical analyses indicated that sea trout was rich in phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium. The pattern significance gradation of the element concentrations was as follows: P>Ca>Mg>Na>K>Fe>Zn>Cu>Se>Mn>Co. Sea trout consumption can provide a considerable portion of the RDA of copper, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, iron, and zinc. The ranking order of the mean toxic element concentrations in sea trout muscle tissues was As>Pb>Cd>Hg. Potential risk estimated with the hazard quotient (HQ) indicated that most metals posed no health risk because they did not exceed reference doses at HQ < 1. For carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic effects, the maximum allowable rates of sea trout consumption were sufficiently high to ensure human health. According to these data, the consumption of farmed sea trout from the Baltic Sea in the northern region of Pomerania, Poland did not pose a risk to human health.

Assessing the human health risk of Baltic Sea sea trout (<italic>Salmo trutta</italic> L.) consumption

Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University

Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Department of Medical Biology and Biochemistry, Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection

Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Biotechnology

Department of Biology, Institute of Biology and Earth Sciences

Fisheries & Aquatic Life

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Assessing the human health risk of Baltic Sea sea trout ( L.) consumption

The current study assessed health risks posed by exposure to metals from the consumption of Baltic Sea trout (Salmo trutta L.). Concentrations of essential...

Assessing the human health risk of Baltic Sea sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) consumption

Published Online: Jun 14, 2022

Page range: 27 - 43

Received: Mar 19, 2022

Accepted: Mar 30, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2022-0003

Keywords
fish consumption, sea trout, Baltic Sea, health risk, human health risk assessment, consumption limits, target hazard quotients (THQs)

© 2022 Halyna Tkachenko et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Assessing the human health risk of Baltic Sea sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) consumption

Published Online: Jun 14, 2022

Page range: 27 - 43

Received: Mar 19, 2022

Accepted: Mar 30, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2022-0003

Keywordsfish consumption, sea trout, Baltic Sea, health risk, human health risk assessment, consumption limits, target hazard quotients (THQs)

© 2022 Halyna Tkachenko et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
fish consumption, sea trout, Baltic Sea, health risk, human health risk assessment, consumption limits, target hazard quotients (THQs)