Mercury content of some canned seafood collected from Nigerian retail markets

Twenty samples of canned seafood consisting of tuna, mackerel, sardines, prawn and shrimp were collected from retail operations in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Mercury content in these canned seafood were determined after digestion by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists methods. The...

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Main Authors: Olusola, A.O., Babalola, A.F., Akande, G.R., Salaudeen, M.M., Amusan, E.E.
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: Fisheries Society of Nigeria 2010
Subjects:
Fisheries
Pollution
Victoria Island
Online Access:http://aquaticcommons.org/23444/
http://aquaticcommons.org/23444/2/FSN-EN%200007.pdf
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spelling ftaquaticcommons:oai:generic.eprints.org:23444 2023-05-15T18:42:48+02:00 Mercury content of some canned seafood collected from Nigerian retail markets Olusola, A.O. Babalola, A.F. Akande, G.R. Salaudeen, M.M. Amusan, E.E. 2010 application/pdf http://aquaticcommons.org/23444/ http://aquaticcommons.org/23444/2/FSN-EN%200007.pdf en eng Fisheries Society of Nigeria http://aquaticcommons.org/23444/2/FSN-EN%200007.pdf Olusola, A.O. and Babalola, A.F. and Akande, G.R. and Salaudeen, M.M. and Amusan, E.E. (2010) Mercury content of some canned seafood collected from Nigerian retail markets. In: 25th Annual Conference of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON) , 25-29 Oct 2010 ,Lagos, Nigeria, pp. 171-173. Fisheries Pollution Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed 2010 ftaquaticcommons 2020-02-27T09:31:17Z Twenty samples of canned seafood consisting of tuna, mackerel, sardines, prawn and shrimp were collected from retail operations in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Mercury content in these canned seafood were determined after digestion by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists methods. The mercury contents for all the canned seafood products have concentrations well below the permissible EU levels for this toxic metal. Their contribution to the body burden can therefore be considered negligible and the canned seafood products seem to be safe for human consumption. Conference Object Victoria Island International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC): Aquatic Commons
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Pollution
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Pollution
Olusola, A.O.
Babalola, A.F.
Akande, G.R.
Salaudeen, M.M.
Amusan, E.E.
Mercury content of some canned seafood collected from Nigerian retail markets
topic_facet Fisheries
Pollution
description Twenty samples of canned seafood consisting of tuna, mackerel, sardines, prawn and shrimp were collected from retail operations in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Mercury content in these canned seafood were determined after digestion by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists methods. The mercury contents for all the canned seafood products have concentrations well below the permissible EU levels for this toxic metal. Their contribution to the body burden can therefore be considered negligible and the canned seafood products seem to be safe for human consumption.
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author Olusola, A.O.
Babalola, A.F.
Akande, G.R.
Salaudeen, M.M.
Amusan, E.E.
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Babalola, A.F.
Akande, G.R.
Salaudeen, M.M.
Amusan, E.E.
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title Mercury content of some canned seafood collected from Nigerian retail markets
title_short Mercury content of some canned seafood collected from Nigerian retail markets
title_full Mercury content of some canned seafood collected from Nigerian retail markets
title_fullStr Mercury content of some canned seafood collected from Nigerian retail markets
title_full_unstemmed Mercury content of some canned seafood collected from Nigerian retail markets
title_sort mercury content of some canned seafood collected from nigerian retail markets
publisher Fisheries Society of Nigeria
publishDate 2010
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Olusola, A.O. and Babalola, A.F. and Akande, G.R. and Salaudeen, M.M. and Amusan, E.E. (2010) Mercury content of some canned seafood collected from Nigerian retail markets. In: 25th Annual Conference of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON) , 25-29 Oct 2010 ,Lagos, Nigeria, pp. 171-173.
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