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Title: Risk assessment of using fish from different types of reservoirs as human food – A study on European perch (Perca fluviatilis)
Authors: Nikolić, Dušan
Skorić, Stefan
Lenhardt, Mirjana
Hegediš, Aleksandar 
Krpo-Ćetković, Jasmina 
Keywords: Toxic metals;ICP-OES;Pollution load index;Total target hazard quotient;Target carcinogenic risk factor
Issue Date: Feb-2020
Rank: M21a
Journal: Environmental Pollution
Abstract: 
Concentrations of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, and Zn in sediment samples and muscle tissue of the European perch were analyzed using inductively-coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), with the aim to assess the potential ecological (RI) and human health risk, and the degree of contamination (Cd) of three types of reservoirs in Serbia, based on their purpose: electricity generation (Vlasina, Perucac, Zaovine, and MeCuvr sje), drinking water supply (Gara si), and recreation (Lake Sava). The concentrations of the studied elements were higher in sediments than in fish. However, the levels of Cd in fish caught in Vlasina, Zaovine, and MeCuvr sje, Hg in Perucac and Gara si, and Pb in Lake Sava exceeded the maximum allowed concentrations. The pollution load index (PLI) indicated that sediments in all six reservoirs were contaminated, but Cd was low; a moderate contamination with Cd was observed in Vlasina, Perucac, and Zaovine, Cr in Zaovine and MeCuvr sje, and Cu in MeCuvr sje. A low RI was recorded for all studied reservoirs. Cd was found to be the primary contamination and ecological risk factor. Total target hazard quotient (THQ) and target carcinogenic risk factor (TR) were higher for fishers operating in these reservoirs than for the general population. Higher values of PLI, Cd, RI, and TR were observed in electricity generation reservoirs. Results indicated that this type of reservoirs suffer from higher anthropogenic pressure and/or have a worse pollution management policy compared with other types of reservoirs included in this study, especially the drinking water supply reservoir.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3856
ISSN: 0269-7491
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113586
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