Investigating the origin and tissue concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in seafood and health risk in Niger Delta, Nigeria
Udeme Sunday Udofia, Charles Ameh, Eula Miller, Mandu Stephen Ekpenyong
Abstract
. The estimated carcinogenic potency equivalent concentrations (PEC) of PAH varied from 0.653 to 2.153 above the screening value (SV), 0.01624 in the three species investigated. Mathematical evaluation and dominant tissue concentration of high molecular weight PAHs in all the seafood investigated showed pyrogenic origin of PAHs.
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PyreneCatfishEnvironmental chemistryMacrobrachiumChemistryContaminationPrawnNiger deltaExtraction (chemistry)Food scienceToxicologyFish <Actinopterygii>BiologyChromatographyCrustaceanDeltaFisheryDecapodaEcologyAerospace engineeringEngineeringOrganic chemistryToxic Organic Pollutants ImpactOil Spill Detection and MitigationMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution