Risk Assessment for Metals and PAHs by Mediterranean Seafood

Chiara Copat, Gea Oliveri Conti, Carlo Signorelli, Sandra Marmiroli, Salvatore Sciacca, Marco Vinceti, Margherita Ferrante

Department G.F. Ingrassia-Hygiene and Public Health, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Department of Diagnostic and Clinical Medicine and of Public Health, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy..
Department of Public Health, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Department of Surgery, Medicine, Odontoiatrics and Morphological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.

DOI: 10.4236/fns.2013.47A002                

Abstract

Fish is a very important food because of its high nutritional value. Fish consumption is largely recommended in all countries, so quality and safety of seafood are becoming of great concern. Especially in Mediterranean Sea, where many pollutants, as metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), are often relieved also in high concentrations, seafood safety has to be checked by a methodologically rigorous risk assessment. So we propose in this paper a stagesrisk assessment methodology to estimate the seafood potential risk for human health and point-out critical topics in order to support fish advisories.

Keywords

Risk Assessment; Seafood Safety; Contamination; Sea Environment; Metals; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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