TY - JOUR
T1 - Dietary exposure and risk assessment of mercury via total diet study in Cambodia
AU - Cheng, Zhang
AU - Wang, Hong Sheng
AU - Du, Jun
AU - Sthiannopkao, Suthipong
AU - Xing, Guang Hua
AU - Kim, Kyoung Woong
AU - Yasin, Mohamed Salleh Mohamed
AU - Hashim, Jamal Hisham
AU - WONG, Ming Hung
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by Seed Collaborative Research Fund (HKBU CITYU SKLMP/SCRF/0003) of State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution. The authors thank International Environmental Research Center, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea, United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health, Malaysia, Mr. Kongkea Phan, Dr. H.M. Leung and Mr. K.W. Chan for technical assistance.
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - To assess the daily intakes of total mercury (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) and the possible adverse health impacts, different food groups including fish, meat, vegetable and rice were collected from three areas in Cambodia. The concentrations of THg and MeHg ranged from 0.16 to 171ngg-1 and not detected (ND) to 82.3ngg-1 wet weight (ww), respectively. The concentrations of THg and MeHg in fish were approximately three to four orders of magnitude greater than that in fruit and vegetable. Fish had the highest contribution to the total daily intakes of THg and MeHg. The estimated daily intake (EDI) of THg for the general population in Kampong Cham, Kratie and Kandal was 0.24, 1.38 and 0.22μgkg-1bwd-1, and 0.11, 0.45 and 0.06μgkg-1bwd-1 for MeHg, respectively. The dietary daily intakes of MeHg in Kratie and Kampong Cham were greater than the reference dose (RfD) imposed by The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and in Kratie was also exceed the provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) imposed by World Health Organization (WHO). To our knowledge, this the first study to evaluate the daily intakes of THg and MeHg in Cambodia.
AB - To assess the daily intakes of total mercury (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) and the possible adverse health impacts, different food groups including fish, meat, vegetable and rice were collected from three areas in Cambodia. The concentrations of THg and MeHg ranged from 0.16 to 171ngg-1 and not detected (ND) to 82.3ngg-1 wet weight (ww), respectively. The concentrations of THg and MeHg in fish were approximately three to four orders of magnitude greater than that in fruit and vegetable. Fish had the highest contribution to the total daily intakes of THg and MeHg. The estimated daily intake (EDI) of THg for the general population in Kampong Cham, Kratie and Kandal was 0.24, 1.38 and 0.22μgkg-1bwd-1, and 0.11, 0.45 and 0.06μgkg-1bwd-1 for MeHg, respectively. The dietary daily intakes of MeHg in Kratie and Kampong Cham were greater than the reference dose (RfD) imposed by The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and in Kratie was also exceed the provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) imposed by World Health Organization (WHO). To our knowledge, this the first study to evaluate the daily intakes of THg and MeHg in Cambodia.
KW - Daily intake
KW - Fish
KW - Health risks
KW - Mercury
KW - Methylmercury
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84876986154&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.02.025
DO - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.02.025
M3 - Article
C2 - 23499220
AN - SCOPUS:84876986154
SN - 0045-6535
VL - 92
SP - 143
EP - 149
JO - Chemosphere
JF - Chemosphere
IS - 1
ER -
