https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2020.8753

Determination of heavy metals and selenium contents in fish meat sold at Erbil City, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2020)
Submitted: 11 December 2019
Accepted: 2 April 2020
Published: 19 November 2020
Heavy metals, Kurdistan Region, selenium, fish, ICP-OES
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Dhary Alewy Almashhadany
dhary.hammed@knowledge.edu.krd
Pathological Analysis Department, Knowledge University, College of Science, Erbil City, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Hawraz Sami Khalid
Department of Chemistry, College of Education, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil City, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Hoshyar Saadi Ali
Pathological Analysis Department, Knowledge University, College of Science, Erbil City, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

Food contamination with heavy metals may pose a serious threat to human health. Fishes are the most common seafood globally. This study aimed to evaluate the levels of heavy metals in different fishes sold in Erbil city markets. The targeted heavy metal elements were cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), selenium (Se), and zinc (Zn). Seventeen dorsal meat samples were digested and subjected to metal analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry. Co, Mn, Cu and Se were detected in all samples, while cadmium was below the detectable level in all samples. The average concentrations of targeted trace elements were 0.03±0.016, 0.02±0.03, 0.07±0.08, 0.10±0.08, 0.03±0.03, and 2.90±3.33 mg/kg for cobalt, chromium, copper, manganese, nickel, and zinc, respectively. Lead was only found in one sample (5.88%). On the contrary, mercury was detected in all samples but in low concentration (0.14±0.07). All detected heavy metals with specified permissible limits by FAO/WHO were significantly lower than the permissible limits. Based on detected levels of targeted heavy metals, consumption of such fish has no potential risks to human.

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Alewy Almashhadany D, Khalid HS, Ali HS. Determination of heavy metals and selenium contents in fish meat sold at Erbil City, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2020 Nov. 19 [cited 2024 Nov. 24];9(3). Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/8753

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