Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (한국수산과학회지)

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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Hazard Assessment of Shellfish due to Oil Spill Accidents

유류 유출 사고 해역에 서식하는 패류의 다환방향족탄화수소(PAHs) 위해도 평가

  • Kim, Poong-Ho (Food safty Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Kim, Min-Jeong (Food safty Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Jo, Mi-Ra (Food safty Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Lee, Doo-Seog (Food safty Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Song, Ki-Cheol (Food safty Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Byun, Han-Seok (Food safty Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Cho, Kee-Chae (Southeast Sea Fisheries Reserch Institute, NFRDI) ;
  • Park, Kwang-Jae (Costal Wetland Research Institute, NFRDI) ;
  • Jun, Je-Cheon (Aquaculture Research Institute, NFRDI) ;
  • Yoon, Ho-Dong (Food safty Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)
  • Received : 2009.06.03
  • Accepted : 2010.06.10
  • Published : 2010.06.30
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Abstract

On 7 December 2007, about 12,547 kL of crude oil spilled from the Hong Kong registered tanker Hebei Spirit along the west coast of the Republic of Korea, including Taean-gun, Chungcheongnamdo Province. This study evaluated the safety of seafood collected from the coastal area polluted by the crude oil. The range of total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (${\sum}PAHs$) at 22 stations was 3.9-37.1 ng/g. The concentration of ${\sum}PAHs$ was higher in oysters, Crassoatrea gias, than that in short-necked clams, Ruditapes philippinarum. Benzo(a)pyrene, a highly toxic PAH, ranged from 0.07-1.47 ng/g, which did not exceed the European Union regulatory limit for benzo(a)pyrene. The toxicity equivalent of benzo(a)pyrene in oysters and short-necked clams was 0.49-1.70 and 0.09-1.01 ng/g, respectively. The estimated life time cancer risk was very low, i.e., $1.31{\times}10^{-8}$ for the oysters and $6.9{\times}10^{-9}$ for the short-necked clams. The body burden of PAHs in bivalves originated mostly from petroleum contamination, but the levels was not sufficiently high to harm human health.

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