The concentration and health risk assessment of radionuclides in the muscle of tuna fish: A worldwide systematic review and meta-analysis

Yadolah Fakhri; Mansour Sarafraz; Zahra Pilevar; Hasti Daraei; Aziz Rahimizadeh; Sadegh Kazemi; Khaled Mohamed Khedher; Van Nam Thai; Le Huy Ba; Amin Mousavi Khaneghah

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133149

The concentration and health risk assessment of radionuclides in the muscle of tuna fish: A worldwide systematic review and meta-analysis

Chemosphere. 2022 Feb:289:133149. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133149. Epub 2021 Dec 3.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Food Health Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
² Environmental Health Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
³ School of Health, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
⁴ Environmental Health Engineering Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
⁵ Department of Health in Disaster and Emergencies, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
⁶ Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha, 61421, Saudi Arabia; Department of Civil Engineering, High Institute of Technological Studies, Mrezgua University Campus, Nabeul, 8000, Tunisia.
⁷ HUTECH University, 475A, Dien Bien Phu, Ward 25, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Electronic address: tv.nam@hutech.edu.vn.
⁸ Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry (HUFI), 140 Le Trong Tan Street, Tay Thanh Ward, Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
⁹ Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Food Engineering, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 34871618
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133149

Abstract

Exposure to radionuclides, especially in food, can endanger the health of consumers. In this study, a systematic review and meta-analysis were performed regarding the concentration of radionuclides in tuna fish muscle. International databases including PubMed, Scopus, and Embase were searched to find articles regarding the concentration of radionuclides in tuna fish muscle from 1 January 2000 to 20 February 2021. The lowest and highest concentration of radionuclides was related to Caesium-137 (¹³⁷Cs) and Potassium-40 (⁴ K), respectively. The rank order of radionuclides based on their pooled concentration was ⁴ K (370.157 Bq/kg) > ²¹⁰Po Polonium-210 (26.312 Bq/kg) > ²¹⁰Pb (5.339 Bq/kg) > ²²⁶Ra (4.005 Bq/kg) > ¹³⁷Cs (0.415 Bq/kg). The health risk assessment based on annual effective dose indicates that consumers are at the safe range of health risk (H < 1 mSv/y). The continuous monitoring concentration of radionuclides in seafood and health risk assessment should be recommended.

Keywords: Food contamination; Meta-analysis; Radionuclides; Risk assessment; Tuna fish.

Publication types

Meta-Analysis
Review
Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Muscles
Radiation Monitoring*
Risk Assessment
Tuna*