|
Comparison of Trace Metals in the Edible Tissues of the Syrian Sea and River Fish
- M. S .Al-Masri, , Mamish, S., Al-Shamali, K. and Budiar, Y.
- Department of Protection and safety, Atomic Energy Commission, Damascus, P. O. Box 6091, Syria.
- The Regional Workshop on Marine Sciences & Natural Resources 25-26 May 2004.
Abstract
Cadmium, lead, copper and zinc concentrations have been determined in the edible parts of the Syrian Sea and river fish in order to determine the daily intake of these trace metals to the Syrian people. Lead, Cd, Cu and Zn concentrations of sea fish mussels were found to be relatively low and ranged from 0.02 - 0.26, 0.004 - 0.127, 0.1 - 2.48 and 3.56 - 19.3 ppm of wet wt respectively. In addition, concentrations of these trace metals in river fish mussels were also found to be low and the highest values for lead (1.6 ppm wet wt) was in those samples collected from the Euphrates river. Moreover, the studied trace metals were also determined in bones and were found to correlate with their concentrations in fish mussels. However, the obtained results are still lower than those values reported in other countries in the world. Furthermore, the daily intake of these trace metals by Syrians were found to be 0.398, 0.035, 1.46 and 22.3 g for Pb, Cd, Cu and Zn respectively, these values are much lower than the higher permissible concentrations according to the Syrian Standards.
Key words: Trace Metals, Sea and River Fish, Syria, Daily Intake.
|
|
| New Publications |
|
The Arab Scientists in Cooperation with The High Institute of Marine Research. Publish all the researches abstracts, which presented in The Regional Workshop on Marine Sciences and Natural Resources, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria, 25-26 May 2004.
|
| New Publications |
|
The Arab Scientists in Cooperation with The Egyptian Society for Biological Control of Pests . Publish all the researches abstracts, which presented in The First Arab Conference of Applied Biological Pest Control, Cairo, Egypt, 5-7 April 2004.
|
| Conferences, Fez |
The First International Symposium on Environnement protection for development Biotechnological aspects. Fez, December
15 – 17, 2004.
|
| Conferences, Syria |
|
The Second Syrian-Egyptian conference in the Agriculture and Food.
Agriculture Faculty, Al-Baath university, Homs, Syria. 25-28 April, 05
|
| Conference,Yemen |
|
Current Status of Plant Protection in Yemen and Future Strategy.
Faculty of Agriculture, Sana'a University, Sana'a, yemen. December 18-20/2004
|
| Conferences Canada |
|
The 9th International Conference of the Orthopterists’ Society
Canada, on August 14 19, 2005
|
| Conferences, Egypt |
|
The First Arab Conference on Applications of Biological Control of Pests in Arab Countries
|
| Workshop,Lebanon |
|
New Workshop
Middle-East Academy for Medicine of Ageing
First Annual Middle-East Age & Aging Meeting
8-11 April, 2004
|
| Publications |
Arab Society for Plant Protection (ASPP) in Cooperation with The Arab Scientists
Publish all the researches abstracts, which presented in the Eighth Arab Congress of
Plant Protection, held in Faculty of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, El-beida
City, Libya, October 12-16,2003
|
|
