Heavy Metals and Trace Elements in Whole-Blood Samples of the Fishermen in Turkey: The Fish/Ermen Heavy Metal Study (FHMS)

• Published in: Environmental management (New York) 2021-03, Vol.67 (3), p.553-562
• Main Authors: Çamur, Derya, Topbaş, Murat, İlter, Hüseyin, Albay, Meriç, Ayoğlu, Ferruh Niyazi, Can, Murat, Altın, Ahmet, Demirtaş, Yusuf, Somuncu, Büşra Parlak, Aydın, Fatih, Açıkgöz, Bilgehan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animals; Antimony; Aquatic Pollution; Arsenic; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Blood; Blood levels; Cadmium; Chronic exposure; Copper; Dental amalgams; Dental fillings; Dental restorative materials; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology; Environment; Environmental Management; Forestry Management; Health risks; Heavy metals; Lead; Mercury; Mercury (metal); Metals, Heavy; Nature Conservation; Public health; Risk management; Selenium; Silver; Strontium; Trace elements; Trace Elements - analysis; Turkey; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control
• ISSN: 0364-152X; 1432-1009
• DOI: 10.1007/s00267-020-01398-y

Selected heavy metal-trace element (Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, Sb, Se, Sr, and V) levels were determined by the ICP-MS method in whole-blood samples of fishermen and control group who accommodate in four provinces of the Marmara Sea. Mercury (1.267 ± 1.061 µg/L to 0.796 ± 0.853 µg/L) and lead (17.8 ± 9.0 µg/L to 12.0 ± 6.83 µg/L) levels were higher in the fishermen group than that of control group ( p