https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2012.1132

Lead monitoring in Mugil cephalus (North-West Mediterranean, Italy)

Vol. 1 No. 6 (2012)
Submitted: 13 February 2013
Accepted: 13 February 2013
Published: 13 February 2013
Atomic absorption spectrometry, Mugil cephalus, Pb, PTWI
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Stefania Squadrone
stefania.squadrone@izsto.it
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D’Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italia., Italy.
Marino Prearo
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D’Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italia., Italy.
Daniela Marchis
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D’Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italia., Italy.
Stefania Gavinelli
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D’Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italia., Italy.
Matteo Pellegrino
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D’Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italia., Italy.
Renata Tarasco
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D’Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italia., Italy.
Alessandro Benedetto
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D’Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italia., Italy.
Paola Brizio
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D’Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italia., Italy.
Maria Cesarina Abete
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle D’Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italia., Italy.
The concentrations of Lead (Pb) in muscles of flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus) collected from Bocca di Magra, La Spezia (Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Italy), were determined after microwave digestion by atomic absorption spectrometry and electrothermal atomisation (ETA-AAS). The average Pb concentration was 0.082 ppm and the levels varied in the following ranges: 0.020-0.240 ppm. None of the 63 tested samples exceeded the European regulatory limits fixed by 1881/2006/UE and 420/2011/UE. The estimated weekly intakes by humans were also evaluated for possible consumers healthy risks. Pb concentrations in fish muscles were in 59% of cases higher than Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake (PTWI) set by JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives) in 1993 and corresponding to 0.025 mg/kg body weight. In fact, in 37 out of 63 analysed samples the Pb level was higher than 0.06 mg/kg.

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Squadrone S, Prearo M, Marchis D, Gavinelli S, Pellegrino M, Tarasco R, Benedetto A, Brizio P, Abete MC. Lead monitoring in Mugil cephalus (North-West Mediterranean, Italy). Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2013 Feb. 13 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];1(6):1-4. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2012.6.1

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