The role of the ecotoxicology applied to seafood as a tool for human health risk assessments concerning polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

JV de Pinho, PA Rodrigues, IDL Guimarães… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
JV de Pinho, PA Rodrigues, IDL Guimarães, FC Monteiro, RG Ferrari, RA Hauser-Davis
International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022mdpi.com
Background: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are persistent pollutants routinely
detected in aquatic ecosystems. It is, therefore, necessary to assess the link between
deleterious marine biota PAH effects, especially in commercialized and consumed animals,
environmental health status, and potential human health risks originating from the
consumption of contaminated seafood products. Thus, this review seeks to verify the
relationships of ecotoxicological studies in determining effect and safety concentrations on …
Background
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are persistent pollutants routinely detected in aquatic ecosystems. It is, therefore, necessary to assess the link between deleterious marine biota PAH effects, especially in commercialized and consumed animals, environmental health status, and potential human health risks originating from the consumption of contaminated seafood products. Thus, this review seeks to verify the relationships of ecotoxicological studies in determining effect and safety concentrations on animals routinely consumed by humans.
Methods
A total of 52 published studies between 2011 and 2021, indexed in three databases, were selected following the PICO methodology, and information on test animals, evaluated PAH, and endpoints were extracted.
Results
Benzo(a)pyrene and phenanthrene were the most investigated PAHs in terms of biomarkers and test organisms, and mussels were the most evaluated bioindicator species, with an emphasis on reproductive responses. Furthermore, despite the apparent correlation between environmental PAH dynamics and effects on aquatic biota and human health, few assessments have been performed in a multidisciplinary manner to evaluate these three variables together.
Conclusions
The links between human and environmental sciences must be strengthened to enable complete and realistic toxicity assessments as despite the application of seafood assessments, especially to mussels, in bioassays, the connection between toxicological animal responses and risks associated with their consumption is still understudied.
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