Roberto Fallico

TL;DR: Arsenic target hazard quotient (THQ) values, suggest that human should minimizing meals/week of analyzed species to avoid deleterious effect during lifetime, and with As cancer risk assessment, for most of the fish, the risk for cancer is greater than the acceptable lifetime risk of 10(-5).

TL;DR: Although some metals concentrations exceed the limits set by the European regulation, the estimated weekly intake was below the Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake established by theEuropean Food and Safety Authority, and the Target Hazard Quotient values indicate that there is no carcinogenic risk for humans.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed muscle tissue of Mullus barbatus specimens to detect metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and found that PAHs ranged from 0.250 to 13.16 ppb.

TL;DR: Evaluation of the concentrations of mercury (Hg) and selenium (Se) in fish and shellfish from the Gulf of Catania (Ionian Sea) and the assessment of related risk-based consumption limits per single contaminant in adults and children finds evidence that foods, such as pelagic fish, with high molar excess of Se, could contribute to replace the amount of Se bound to Hg and thereby maintaining normal selenoprotein synthesis.

TL;DR: Environmental risk assessment came out in this study for the Catania Gulf showed a positive picture, although the contaminants detected are related to a certain degree of anthropic impact, and should be constantly monitored to ensure quality standards of the studied area.