Health risks for human intake of aquacultural fish: Arsenic bioaccumulation and contamination

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1266-1273

  Kar, Sandeep ^a   Maity, Jyoti Prakash ^b   Jean, Jiin Shuh ^a   Liu, Chia Chuan ^a   Liu, Chen Wuing ^c   Bundschuh, Jochen ^a,d,e   Lu, Hsueh Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KARLSRUHE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bioaccumulation; Groundwater arsenic; health risk; shrimp; tilapia

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC EXPOSURE; ARSENIC LEVELS; BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; CANCER RISK; HEALTH EFFECTS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN INTAKE; INORGANIC ARSENIC; INORGANIC SPECIES; ORGANIC ARSENIC; PENAEUS MONODON; POND WATER; POTENTIAL HEALTH; REFERENCE DOSE; SHRIMP; TILAPIA;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; DISEASES; FISH; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; LAKES; RISK PERCEPTION; SHELLFISH; TISSUE;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER;

AQUACULTURE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SHRIMP; TILAPIA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ARSENIC; CARCINOGENS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PENAEIDAE; PONDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; TILAPIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; PENAEUS MONODON; TILAPIA;

EID: 80052485575     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2011.598814     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Tsai, S.Y.; Chou, H.Y.; The, H.W.; Chen, C.M.; Chen, C.J. The effects of chronic arsenic exposure from drinking water on the neu-robehavioral development in adolescence. Neurotoxicol. 2003, 24, 747-753.
2. Smedley, P.L.; Kinniburgh, D.G. A review of the source, behavior and distribution of arsenic in natural waters. Appl. Geochem. 2002, 17, 517-568.
3. Kar, S.; Maity, J.P.; Jean, J.-S.; Liu, C.-C.; Nath, B.; Yang, H.-J.; Bundschuh, J. Arsenic-enriched aquifers: Occurrences and mobilization of arsenic in groundwater of Ganges Delta Plain, Barasat, West Bengal, India. Appl. Geochem. 2010, 25, 1805-1814.
4. Liu, C.W.; Jang, C.S.; Liao, C.M. Evaluation of arsenic contamination potential using indicator kriging in the Yun-Lin aquifer (Taiwan). Sci. Tot. Environ. 2004, 321, 173-188.
5. Donohue, J.M.; Abernathy, C.O. Exposure to inorganic arsenic from fish and shellfish. In Arsenic exposure and health effects; Chap-pell, W.R.; Abernathy, C.O.; Calderon, R.L.; Eds.; Elsevier, BV, 1999; 89-98.
6. Yu, W.H.; Harvey, C.M.; Harvey, C.F. Arsenic in groundwater in Bangladesh: A geostatistical and epidemiological framework for evaluating health effects and potential remedies. Water Resour. Res. 2003,39, 1146.
7. Chen, C.L.; Hsu, L.I.; Chiou, H.Y.; Hsueh, Y.M.; Chen, S.Y.; Wu, M.M. Ingested arsenic, cigarette smoking, and lung cancer risk: a follow-up study in arseniasis-endemic areas in Taiwan. JAMA 2004, 292, 2984-2990.
8. Chiou, H.Y.; Hsueh, Y.M.; Liaw, K.F.; Horng, S.F.; Chiang, M.H.; Pu, Y.S.; Lin, J.S.N.; Huang, C.H.; Chen, C.J. Incidence of internal cancers and ingested inorganic As: a seven-year follow-up study in Taiwan. Cancer Res. 1995, 55, 1296-1300.
9. IPCS. Environmental health criteria on arsenic and arsenic compounds. In Environmental Health Criteria Series, No. 224: Arsenic and arsenic compounds, WHO, Geneva, 2001; 521.
10. Mandal, B.K.; Suzuki, K.T. Arsenic round the world: A review. Talanta 2002, 58, 201-235.
11. Lee, J.J.; Jang, C.S.; Wang, S.W.; Liu, C.W. Evaluation of potential health risk of arsenic-affected groundwater using indicator kriging and dose-response model. Sci. Tot. Environ. 2007, 384, 151-162.
12. Lin, M.C.; Cheng, H.H.; Lin, H.Y.; Chen, Y.C.; Chen, Y.P.; Liao, C.M.; Chang-Chien, G.P.; Dai, C.F.; Han, B.C.; Liu, C.W. Arsenic accumulation and acute toxicity in milkfish (Chanos chanos) from blackfoot disease area in Taiwan. Bull Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2004, 72, 248-254.
13. Ling, M.P.; Liao, C.M.; Tsai, J.W.; Chen, B.C. A PBPK/PD modeling-based approach can assess arsenic bioaccumulation in farmed tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) and human health risks. Integr. Env. Assess. Manag. 2005, 1, 40-54.
14. Huang, Y.K.; Lin, K.H.; Chen, H.W.; Chang, C.C.; Liu, C.W.; Yang, M.H.; Hsueh, Y.M. Arsenic species contents at aquaculture farm and in farmed mouthbreeder (Oreochromis mossambicus) in black-foot disease hyperendemic areas. Food Chem. Toxicol. 2003, 41, 1491-1500.
15. Liao, C.M.; Ling, M.P. Assessment of human health risks for arsenic bioaccumulation in tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) and large-scale mullet (Liza macrolepis) from blackfoot disease area in Taiwan. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2003, 45, 264-272.
16. Ling, M.P.; Liao, C.M. Risk characterization and exposure assessment in arseniasis-endemic areas of Taiwan. Environ. Int. 2007, 33, 98-107.
17. Falco, G.; Llobet, J.M.; Bocio, A.; Domingo, J.L. Daily intake of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead by consumption of edible marine species. J. Agric. Food. Chem. 2006, 54, 6106-6112.
18. Francesconi, K.A.; Kuehnelt, D. Determination of arsenic species: A critical review of methods and applications, 2000-2003. Analyst 2004, 129, 373-395
19. USEPA. Guidance for assessing chemical contaminant data for use in fish advisories. Vol. 2-Risk assessment and fish consumption limits. 3rd ed. Washington DC: USEPA. EPA 823-B-00-008, 2000.
20. Greene, R; Crecelius, E. Total and inorganic arsenic in Mid-Atlantic marine fish and shellfish and implications for fish Advisories. Integ. Environ. Asses. Manage. 2006, 2, 344-354.
21. Lin, M.C. Risk assessment on mixture toxicity of arsenic, zinc and copper intake from consumption of milkfish, Chanos chanos (Forsska°l), cultured using contaminated groundwater in southwest Taiwan. Bull. Environ. Cont. Toxicol. 2009, 83, 125-129.
22. Shah, A.Q.; Kazi, T.G.; Arain, M.B.; Jamali, M.K.; Afridi, H.I.; Jalbani, N.; Baig, J.A.; Kandhro, A. Accumulation of arsenic in different fresh water fish species-potential contribution to high arsenic intakes. Food Chem. 2009, 112, 520-524.
23. Jankong, P.; Chalhoub, C.; Kienzl, N.B.; Goessler, W.; Francescon, K.A.; Visoottiviseth, P. Arsenic accumulation and speciation in freshwater fish living in arsenic-contaminated waters. Environ. Chem. 2007, 4, 11-17.
24. Chan, P.C.; Huff, J. Arsenic carcinogenesis in animals and in humans: mechanistic, experimental, and epidemiological evidence. J. Environ. Sci. Health 1997, 15, 83-122.
25. Lin, M.C.; Liao, C.M. Assessing the risks on human health associated with inorganic arsenic intake from groundwater-cultured milkfish in southwestern Taiwan. Food Chem. Toxicol. 2008, 46, 701-709.
26. Liu, C.W.; Liang, C.P.; Lin, K.H.; Jang, C.S., Wang, S.W.; Huang, Y.K.; Hsueh, Y.M. Bioaccumulation of arsenic compounds in aqua-cultural clams (Meretrix lusoria) and assessment of potential carcinogenic risks to human health by ingestion. Chemosphere 2007, 69, 128-134.
27. Maher, W.; Goesler, W.; Kirby, J.; Raber, G. Arsenic concentrations and speciation in the tissues and blood of sea mullet (Mugil cephalus) from Lake Maxquarie NSW, Australia. Marine Chem. 1999, 68, 169-182.
28. Phillips, D.J.H. Arsenic in aquatic organisms: A review, emphasizing chemical speciation. Aquat. Toxicol. 1990, 16, 151-186.
29. Jang, C.S.; Liu, C.W.; Lin, K.H.; Huang, F.M.; Wang, S.W. Spatial analysis of potential carcinogenic risks associated with ingesting arsenic in aquacultural tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) in black-food disease hyperendemic areas. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40, 1707-1713.