Silvia Ciardullo

TL;DR: The large predominance of selenomethionine in local wheat shows that local wheat can be a promising raw material for naturally enriched products to be used to supplement human and animal diets in low selenium areas.

TL;DR: It is shown that in farmed rainbow trout the ratio of mercury concentrations in feed and in fish is about 1:1, and rainbow trout does not approach the limits established for human consumption even when reared with feed at the maximum permitted levels.

TL;DR: Arsenic speciation in muscle tissues of freshwater fish was investigated with special emphasis on extraction yields and mass balances, and a lower proportion of AB along with a high contribution of AS2 and ThioAS2 was found.

TL;DR: The found metal concentrations were largely below the maximum levels established at the European Union level with the exception of Cd, which exceeded the MLs in squid, red mullet, European hake and Atlantic cod.

TL;DR: The results show that mapping of phytoavailable arsenic in agricultural soils can be done by measuring arsenic concentration in representative samples of wheat grains, highlighting the importance of wheat as a source of inorganic arsenic in the diet.