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Title
  • en Concentrations and human health risk assessment of organochlorine pesticides in edible fish species from a Rift Valley lake-Lake Ziway, Ethiopia
Creator
    • en Yohannes, Yared B.
    • en Saengtienchai, Aksorn
    • en Watanabe, Kensuke P.
    • en Nakayam, Shouta M. M.
Accessrights open access
Subject
  • Other en Organochlorine pesticides
  • Other en Fish
  • Other en Lake Ziway
  • Other en Risk assessment
  • NDC 649
Description
  • Abstract en Fish consumption is known to have several health benefits for humans. However, the accumulation of organic pollutants, like organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) could pose health hazards. Thus, OCPs in edible fish species (Oreochromis niloticus, Tilapia zillii, Carassius spp., and Clarias gariepinus) from Lake Ziway, an Ethiopian Rift Valley Lake were investigated to assess the potential human health hazards of these contaminants. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs), hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), chlordanes, and heptachlors were observed with Sigma OCPs concentration ranging from 1.41 to 63.8 ng g(-1) ww. DDTs were the predominant contaminants (0.9 to 61.9 ng g(-1) ww), followed by HCHs. The predominance of DDTs may be attributed to their current use in vector control and contamination from past usage. The estimated daily intakes (EDIs) of OCPs from all fish species were much lower than the acceptable daily intakes (ADIs), indicating that consumption of fish is at little risk to human health at present. However, the cancer risk estimates in the area of concern and the hazard ratios (HRs) of HCHs, DDTs, and heptachlors exceeded the threshold value of one, indicating daily exposure to these compounds is a potential concern. This may result in a lifetime cancer risk greater than of I in 10(6). (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Publisher en Elsevier
Date
    Issued2014-08
Language
  • eng
Resource Type journal article
Version Type AM
Identifier HDL http://hdl.handle.net/2115/56870
Relation
  • isVersionOf DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.04.014
  • PMID 24836883
Journal
    • PISSN 0147-6513
    • NCID AA00179452
      • en Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
      • Volume Number106 Page Start95 Page End101
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