Assessment of Cd, Hg, Pb, Cu and Zn Amounts in Muscles of Cyprinus Carpio from Karasu Stream, Sinop

Levent Bat^1*, Fatih Şahin¹, Ayşah Öztekin¹, Elif Arici², Öztekin Yardim¹

¹Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, University of Sinop, Turkey

²Vocational School of Health Services, University of Sinop, Turkey

Corresponding Author Email: leventbat@gmail.com

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CARJ.7.2.05

Abstract:

Heavy metal contaminations in aquatic habitats effect negatively on the organisms that depend on the water. In this work heavy metal levels in edible tissues of Cyprinus carpio from Karasu Stream in Sinop in summer, autumn and winter were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer. The accumulation pattern in the work is in the order of   Zn>Cu>Pb>Cd> Hg. The amounts of Hg, Cd, Pb, Cu and Zn in carps were 0.022-0.036, 0.031-0.045, 0.22-0.29, 1.32-1.61 and 8.4-12.3 mg kg^-1 wet wt., respectively. Concentrations of heavy metals in C. carpio were all below the TFC and EC guidelines. Total target hazard quotient (TTHQ) was 0.10722 and below 1 which showed that consumption of carp from the Karasu Stream has no health threats by now as the heavy metals investigated was concerned.

Keywords:

Estimated Daily Intake; Heavy Metal; Karasu Stream; Sinop; Target Hazard Quotient

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