AUTHOR=Hussein Mohamed A. , Hammad Omnya S. , Tharwat Ahmed E. , Darwish Wageh S. , Sayed-Ahmed Ahmed , Zigo František , Farkašová Zuzana , Rehan Ibrahim F. 

TITLE=Health risk assessment of organochlorine pesticide residues in edible tissue of seafood

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Veterinary Science

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.1042956

DOI=10.3389/fvets.2022.1042956

ISSN=2297-1769

ABSTRACT=<p>Fish is one of the most valuable foods with high-quality animal protein. However, aquaculture, or ingesting contaminated food, allows organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) to enter the fish's body, and therefore, it negatively impacted public health. One-hundred and twenty random samples of <italic>Clupea harengus</italic> (<italic>C. harengus</italic>)<italic>, Mugil cephalus</italic> (<italic>M. cephalus</italic>)<italic>, Sardinella aurita</italic> (<italic>S. aurita</italic>)<italic>, Oreochromis niloticus</italic> (<italic>O. niloticus</italic>)<italic>, Neptunus pelagicus</italic> (<italic>N. pelagicus</italic>) and <italic>Sepia savigngi</italic> (<italic>S. savigngi</italic>) (<italic>n</italic> = 20 each) were collected from local markets in Mansoura city, Egypt. Samples were checked to see whether any residues of OCPs with the application of risk assessment due to their consumption by Mansoura citizens. The findings indicated that summation hexachlorocyclohexane (∑HCH) in examined seafood samples ranged from 0.27 ± 0.13 in <italic>N. pelagicus</italic> to 61.61 ± 52.03 μg.kg<sup>−1</sup> in <italic>S. aurita</italic>. Also, the γ-HCH isomer was considered the more prominent among isomers. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) was found in five different species, with mean values of 2.03 ± 1.85, 1.5.7 ± 1.17, 0.94 ± 0.87, 0.35 ± 0.06, and 0.18 ± 0.06 μg.kg<sup>−1</sup> in <italic>C. harengus, S. aurita, M. cephlaus, O. niloticus</italic>, and <italic>S. savigngi</italic>. Moreover, summation of Heptachlors (∑HPTs) was 10.19 ± 7.63, 1.27 ± 0.26, 2.58 ± 0.11, 0.95 ± 0.12, 0.21 ± 0.11 and 0.32 ± 0.03 μg.kg<sup>−1</sup> of wet weight in examined <italic>C. harengus, M. cephlaus, S. aurita, O. niloticus, N. pelagicus</italic>, and <italic>S. savigngi</italic>. Aldrin and dieldrin residues were 3.75 ± 1.31 and 4.86 ± 1.33 μg.kg<sup>−1</sup> in <italic>C. harengu</italic>, meanwhile they were 1.61 ± 0.77 and 0.78 ± 0.04 μg.kg<sup>−1</sup>in <italic>M. cephalus</italic>. Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (pp-DDE) was dominant in all examined species within different concentrations 5.08 ± 4.12, 0.98 ± 0.10, 3.07 ± 0.91, 0.93 ± 0.27, 0.08 ± 0.01 and 0.35 ± 0.02 μg.kg<sup>−1</sup> in <italic>C. harengus, M. cephlaus, S. aurita, O. niloticus, N. pelagicus</italic> and <italic>S. savigngi</italic>, respectively. We concluded that all examined seafood samples were lower than the recommended maximum residue limit. Also, the estimated daily intake was less than the permitted daily intake. Non-carcinogenic indices of target hazard quotient and hazard index for OCPs in all examined species were less than 1.</p>