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http://dx.doi.org/10.5657/kfas.2007.40.6.362

Heavy Metal Contents of Fish Collected from the Korean Coast of the East Sea (Donghae)  

Jun, Joon-Young (Faculty of Bioscience and Technology and Department of Marine Applied Biotechnology and Engineering, Kangnung National University)
Xu, Xiao-Mei (Faculty of Bioscience and Technology and Department of Marine Applied Biotechnology and Engineering, Kangnung National University)
Jeong, In-Hak (Faculty of Bioscience and Technology and Department of Marine Applied Biotechnology and Engineering, Kangnung National University)
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Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences / v.40, no.6, 2007 , pp. 362-366 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study determined the heavy metal contents in fish from the Korean coast of the East Sea (Donghae). The sample were divided into three parts (meat, liver, skin) and digested with acids. Then, contents of lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic were analyzed using atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The heavy metal contents in different parts of the fish were as follows: lead of 0.019-0.346 mg/kg (meat), 0.461-0.516 mg/kg (liver), 0.018-0.855 mg/kg (skin); cadmium of ${\leq}0.049\;mg/kg$ (meat), ${\leq}1.224\;mg/kg$ (liver), ${\leq}0.019\;mg/kg$ (skin); mercury of $1.018-2.751\;{\mu}g/kg$ (meat), $3.057-7.023\;{\mu}g/kg$ (liver), $1.068-3.940\;{\mu}g/kg$ (skin); arsenic of $0.938-25.935\;{\mu}g/kg$ (meat), ${\leq}21.082\;{\mu}g/kg$ (liver), ${\leq}3.708\;{\mu}g/kg$ (skin). Contents of heavy metals in the liver and skin from some fish exceeded the maximum CODEX guideline levels, although the contents in meat from all of the fish tested were much lower than the CODEX levels.
Keywords
Heavy metals; Fish; Safety evaluation; CODEX;
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