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Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Metals in river fish and aquatic product s in Taiwan were analyzed. Exposure to PCBs and metals by ingesting aquatic pr oducts were studied and human health risk (including cancer and non-cancer ris k) evaluated .The risk-based concentration (RBC) of different pollutants and a cceptable consumption amount of river fish and aquatic products were calculate d .The muscle PCBs concentration of Tilapia and Mugil cephalus from downstream Tan-Shui River were 3.852 and 6.582 ppb. If one consumes these fish from Tan- Shui river,the lifetime cancer risk from PCBs intake were 2.15×10-5 and 3.67 ×10-5 estimated by the highest fish consumption amount, presented higher then acceptable risk (10-6). The RBC for PCBs estimated by the highest consumption amount of fish was only 0.179 ppb , much lower than the actual PCBs concentra tions measured. The acceptable calculated consumption of the Tilapia and Mugil cephalus were 5.33 and 3.12 g/day, much lower than average fish consumption o f 60.75 g/day estimated by the questionnaire. When non-cancer risk was estimat ed by the highest fish consumption, the Target Hazard Quotients (THQ) for AC 1 254 intake from Tilapia and Mugil cephalus from Tan-Shui River are 0.72 and 0. 92. The content of arsenic in fish、shrimp、clam and oyster bought from market were 0.055、0.099、0.054 and 0.143 ppm. Assuming inorganic arsenic accounts f or 10% of all arsenic in seafood and cancer risk estimated by the highest fish consumption, the lifetime cancer risk for arsenic from consuming fish、shrimp 、clam and oyster are 6.00×10-6、1.25×10-6、7.63×10-7 and 1.36×10-6 respec tively. All aquatic products except clam in the study presented higher then ac ceptable risk (10-6). The RBC for arsenic estimated by the highest consumption of fish、shrimp and oyster are 9、79 and 105 ng/g respectively, were lower th an actual arsenic concentration measured. The acceptable consumption for aquat ic products estimated by the actual arsenic concentration of fish、shrimp、cla m and oyster measured are 19.11、10.67、19.66 and 7.36 g/day respectively, als o lower than actual consumption estimated by the questionnaire in the study.Th e content of copper、zinc、lead、cadium and mercury in oyster bought from mark et were 20、44.2、0.011、0.056 ppm and 1.04 ppb respectively on a wet weight b asis. These metals concentration were higher than fishes、shrimp and clam. The THQ for different metals intake by consuming aquatic products were all below 1.
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