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Toxicology and Risk Assessment ISSN: 2572-4061

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Yap CK, Cheng WH, Ali MH, Nulit R, Peng SHT, et al. (2019) Heath Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Shrimp Acetes sp. and Cincalok Collected in 2007 from Pantai Klebang, Peninsular Malaysia. J Toxicol Risk Assess 5:028. doi.org/10.23937/2572-4061.1510028

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© 2019 Yap CK, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

RESEARCH ARTICLE | OPEN ACCESS DOI: 10.23937/2572-4061.1510028

Heath Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Shrimp Acetes sp. and Cincalok Collected in 2007 from Pantai Klebang, Peninsular Malaysia

Chee Kong Yap1*, Wan Hee Cheng2, Mohd Hafetz Ali1, Rosimah Nulit1, Shih Hao Tony Peng3, Mohamad Saupi Ismail4, Chee Seng Leow5 and Chee Wah Yap6

1Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

2Persiaran Perdana BBN, Inti International University, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

3All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation, PLO650, Jalan Keluli, Pasir Gudang Industrial Estate, Malaysia

4Fisheries Research Institute, Batu Maung, Malaysia

5Humanology Sdn Bhd, 73-3 Amber Business Plaza, Malaysia

6MES SOLUTIONS, 22C-1, Jalan BK 5A/2A, Bandar Kinrara, Malaysia

Abstract

Samples of shrimp (Acetes sp.), were collected from Pantai Klebang (Malacca, Peninsular Malaysia) in 2007. The mean metal concentrations (µg/g dry weight) in the total tissue of the shrimps were 1.47 for Cd, 7.10 for Cu, 41.5 for Fe, 3.70 for Ni, 4.49 for Pb and 27.1 for Zn. The metal levels (µg/g dry weight) in the shrimps are lower than Cd (1.47), Cu (8.55), Ni (4.19), and Pb (4.86). However, the levels of Fe (21.2) and Zn (11.0) in the cincalok were lower than those in the collected shrimps. For the human health risk assessment, all values of target hazard quotient for the six metals in the adults of Malaysian population were found below 1.00. This showed that there was no non-carcinogenic risk of the six metals via the consumption of Acetes sp. from the present study. However, regular monitoring of heavy metals in this popular small shrimps is still needed.