Nadhiya, Aishath and Khandaker, Mayeen and Mahmud, Sultan and Abdullah, Wan (2023) The presence of toxic heavy metals in tuna fishes from Laccadive sea and concomitant health risk. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 199 (18). pp. 2224-2228. ISSN 0144-8420, DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncad213.
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Concentrations of heavy metals in Yellowfin and Skipjack tuna fishes from the Laccadive sea were determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) to evaluate the human health hazards via their consumption. The samples were collected from different atolls of Maldives to ensure a good representation of sample distribution. The metal concentration in tuna fish is found to be below the maximum tolerable limit set by different international organisations. The target hazard quotient values for individual metals were well below the limiting value of 1, indicating an insignificant health risk via the dietary intake of fish. The maximum targeted cancer risk value was 10 -4, indicating low carcinogenic risk from the consumption of tuna fish from the Maldives. Hence, the consumption of tuna from the Laccadive Sea is safe for human health.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Sunway University Research Grant: GRTIN-IGS (02)-CAPRT-04-2022 is acknowledged |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering > Department of Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Science > Department of Geology Faculty of Science > Department of Physics |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2025 02:06 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2025 02:06 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/50593 |
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