Environmental and human health risk assessment of organic micro-pollutants occurring in a Spanish marine fish farm

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 158; no. 5; pp. 1809 - 1816
• Main Authors: Munoz, Ivan, Martinez Bueno, Maria J, Aguera, Ana, Fernandez-Alba, A R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01-05-2010; Elsevier Science Ltd; Elsevier
• Subjects: Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding; Animal and plant ecology; Animal aquaculture; Animal productions; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Aquaculture; atrazine; bioaccumulation; Biological and medical sciences; biphenyl; carbaryl; Consumer Product Safety; diuron; Ecological risk assessment; Environment. Living conditions; erythromycin; Farms; Fish; fish consumption; fish farms; Fisheries; Fishes; flumequine; Food Contamination - analysis; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Health; Health risk assessment; Human; human health; Humans; Irgarol 1051; Marine; marine fish; Medical sciences; metronidazole; monitoring; Organic Chemicals - analysis; Organisms; Pisciculture; Predators; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Risk; Risk Assessment; Sea water; Sea water ecosystems; Seafood - analysis; seawater; Secondary poisoning; simazine; Spain; Synecology; TCMTB (pesticide); terbutryn; trimethoprim; Vertebrate aquaculture; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Spain; Secondary poisoning; Health risk assessment; Irgarol 1051; Aquaculture; Ecological risk assessment; Farming animal; Risk analysis; Marine environment; Breeding pond; Health and environment; Environment impact; Micropollutant; Poisoning; Biological accumulation; Public health
• ISSN: 0269-7491; 1873-6424
• DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.11.006

In this work the risk posed to seawater organisms, predators and humans is assessed, as a consequence of exposure to 12 organic micro-pollutants, namely metronidazole, trimethoprim, erythromycin, simazine, flumequine, carbaryl, atrazine, diuron, terbutryn, irgarol, diphenyl sulphone (DPS) and 2-thiocyanomethylthiobenzothiazole (TCMTB). The risk assessment study is based on a 1-year monitoring study at a Spanish marine fish farm, involving passive sampling techniques. The results showed that the risk threshold for irgarol concerning seawater organisms is exceeded. On the other hand, the risk to predators and especially humans through consumption of fish is very low, due to the low bioconcentration potential of the substances assessed.
Exposure and effects of twelve organic micro-pollutants are evaluated at a Spanish fish farm.