Data on heavy metal concentration in common carp fish consumed in Shiraz, Iran

Zahra Derakhshan; Amir Hossein Mahvi; Mohammad Faramarzian; Mansooreh Dehghani; Marjan Salari; Yadolah Fakhri; Mojtaba Afsharnia; Motahareh Sadat Hosseini; Ameneh Marzban; Mahmoud Taghavi

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.11.029

Data on heavy metal concentration in common carp fish consumed in Shiraz, Iran

Data Brief. 2018 Nov 14:21:1890-1894. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.11.029. eCollection 2018 Dec.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Research Center for Health Sciences, Department of Environmental Health, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
² Center for Solid Waste Research (CSWR), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
⁵ Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Student Research Committee, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁶ Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
⁷ Department of Food Hygiene and Safety, Faculty of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
⁸ MS.c student of Human Ecology, Student Research Committee, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.

Abstract

Food contamination by heavy metals can lead to the accumulation of these elements in the body of consumers and the contraction of diseases. Accordingly, heavy metal concentration in common carp fishes consumed in Shiraz, Iran was determined in the present study. The mean concentrations of Pb, Cd, Zn, and Cu were 0.23, 0.07, 0.47, and 0.59 mg/kg (dry weight), respectively. The average concentration of heavy metals in the muscle of common carps consumed in Shiraz was less than the permissible standard of the WHO and FAO. The estimated weekly intake (EWI) of the studied metals was below the provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI). The maximum and minimum relative risk (RR) equaled 48.93 and 0.55% of the total risk for Cd and Zn, respectively.