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. 2023 Aug 17;12(16):3094.
doi: 10.3390/foods12163094.

Cadmium Exposure in Aquatic Products and Health Risk Classification Assessment in Residents of Zhejiang, China

Yue He  1 , Hangyan Fang  2 , Xiaodong Pan  3 , Bing Zhu  1 , Jiang Chen  1 , Jikai Wang  1 , Ronghua Zhang  1 , Lili Chen  1 , Xiaojuan Qi  1 , Hexiang Zhang  1
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Cadmium Exposure in Aquatic Products and Health Risk Classification Assessment in Residents of Zhejiang, China

Yue He et al. Foods. .

Abstract

Cadmium (Cd) pollution of food safety is a prominent food safety concern worldwide. The concentration of Cd in six aquatic food categories collected from 2018 to 2022 was analyzed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, and the Cd exposure levels were calculated by combining the Cd concentration and food consumption data of 18913 urban and rural residents in Zhejiang Province in 2015-2016. The mean Cd concentration was 0.699 mg/kg and the mean Cd exposure of aquatic foods was 0.00951 mg/kg BW/month for the general population. Marine crustaceans were the largest Cd contributor, corresponding to 82.7%. The regional distribution results showed that the average Cd exposure levels of 11 cities did not exceed the provisional tolerable monthly intake (PTMI). According to the subgroups, the Cd mean exposure level of 2-3-year-old children was significantly higher than that of the other age groups but did not exceed the PTMI. Health risk classification assessment demonstrated that the final risk score was six, and the health risk level of Cd exposure in aquatic products in the Zhejiang population was medium. These results demonstrated that the risk of Cd exposure in certain food types or age groups should be given more concern.

Keywords: Cadmium; aquatic products; health risk assessment.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results.

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Cd concentration levels in aquatic products in 11 cities in Zhejiang Province, China, from 2018 to 2022. (a) Temporal distribution from 2018 to 2022; (b) temporal distribution in 11 cities.
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The consequence of health risk classification assessment.
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