Journal article
Dietary exposure to selected chemical contaminants in fish for the Danish population
Research Group for Analytical Food Chemistry, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark1
National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark2
Research group for Nutrition and Health Promotion, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark3
Technical University of Denmark4
Research Group for Chemical Risk Assessment and GMO, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark5
Research Group for Molecular and Reproductive Toxicology, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark6
Research group for Nano-Bio Science, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark7
The exposure to selected chemical contaminants from fish has been calculated for the Danish population, both for adults (15–75 years of age) and children (4–14 years of age). The Danish mean consumption of fish is 21 g person−1 day−1 for adults and 12 g person−1 day−1 for children. Fish consumption is the main food group contributor for exposure to mercury and dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCDD/F and DL-PCB) for the Danish population.
Comparison of the mean exposure with the TDI or TWI values shows for these substances as well as for perfluorooctane sulphuric acid (PFOS) that the exposure is below the TDI/TWI values. However, even without taking other food groups into account, PCDD/Fs and DL-PCB exposure is close to the actual TWI-value.
Calculation of the Margin of Exposure (MOE) for the sum of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDD) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) revealed fish consumption to be of low concern for the consumer health regarding these contaminants.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Pages: | 1027-1039 |
| ISSN: | 19440057 and 19440049 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19440049.2020.1743374 |
| ORCIDs: | Duedahl-Olesen, Lene , Cederberg, Tommy Licht , Christensen, Tue , Fagt, Sisse , Fromberg, Arvid , Granby, Kit , Hansen, Max , Boberg, Julie , Sloth, Jens Jørgen and 0000-0003-3996-2701 |
Adolescent Adult Aged Animals Child Child, Preschool Denmark Dietary Exposure Dioxins Fishes Food Analysis Food Contamination Humans Mercury Middle Aged PAH4 PCDD/F and DL-PCB PFOS Polychlorinated Biphenyls Seafood Young Adult health based guidance values (HBGV) margin of exposure (MOE) mercury sum of HBCDD
