TY - JOUR
T1 - Heavy metal concentration according to shrimp species and organ specificity
T2 - Monitoring and human risk assessment
AU - Ra, Wook Jin
AU - Yoo, Hee Joon
AU - Kim, Yeon Hee
AU - Yun, Taehyun
AU - Soh, Bokyung
AU - Cho, Su Yeob
AU - Joo, Yongsung
AU - Lee, Kwang Won
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - This study assessed heavy metal levels (lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), total arsenic (tAs), arsenite (As (III)), arsenate (As (V)), monomethyl arsenic acid (MMA), dimethylarsinic acid (DMA), total mercury (tHg), and methylmercury (MeHg)) in six organs (total portion, head, body, shell, muscle, and intestine) of 11 shrimp species distributed in Korea. Shrimp exhibited significant variability in heavy metal accumulation, with Alaskan pink and dried shrimp (Lesser glass, Southern rough, and Chinese ditch prawn) showing the highest metal concentrations. Notably, the intestine having the highest overall metal content, while Cd was most prominent in the head, tHg was highest in the muscle. The Hazard Quotient values of 11 shrimp species in South Korea were below the European Food Safety Authority's allowable limits for heavy metals. This study illuminates the heavy metal profiles of distributed shrimp in Korea and emphasizes the ongoing need for monitoring heavy metals on seafood to ensure consumer safety.
AB - This study assessed heavy metal levels (lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), total arsenic (tAs), arsenite (As (III)), arsenate (As (V)), monomethyl arsenic acid (MMA), dimethylarsinic acid (DMA), total mercury (tHg), and methylmercury (MeHg)) in six organs (total portion, head, body, shell, muscle, and intestine) of 11 shrimp species distributed in Korea. Shrimp exhibited significant variability in heavy metal accumulation, with Alaskan pink and dried shrimp (Lesser glass, Southern rough, and Chinese ditch prawn) showing the highest metal concentrations. Notably, the intestine having the highest overall metal content, while Cd was most prominent in the head, tHg was highest in the muscle. The Hazard Quotient values of 11 shrimp species in South Korea were below the European Food Safety Authority's allowable limits for heavy metals. This study illuminates the heavy metal profiles of distributed shrimp in Korea and emphasizes the ongoing need for monitoring heavy metals on seafood to ensure consumer safety.
KW - Environmental monitoring
KW - Heavy metal concentration: human health risk
KW - Organ specificity
KW - Shrimp
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85178217055&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115761
DO - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115761
M3 - Article
C2 - 37952375
AN - SCOPUS:85178217055
SN - 0025-326X
VL - 197
JO - Marine Pollution Bulletin
JF - Marine Pollution Bulletin
M1 - 115761
ER -
