title: [Monitoring of contamination of foodstuffs with elements noxious to human health. Part II. Mineral waters, soft drinks, fruits, nuts, rice, soybeans, fish and seafood].
abstract: Results of the 5-years cycle (2004-2008) monitoring investigations on food contamination with elements noxious to human health, involving testing of mineral waters and soft drinks (226 samples), fruits (467 samples), rice (234 samples), soybeans (236 samples), nuts and peanuts (237 samples), fish and seafood (237 samples) are discussed. The parties involved in testing were: laboratories of State Sanitary Inspection and the national reference laboratory of the Department of Food and Consumer Articles Research of National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene. The reported metals contents did not give rise to health concerns, remaining generally below the levels set forth in food legislation and being comparable with contamination levels reported in other European countries; and for cadmium--often lower. Health hazard assessment was performed taking into account the mean contamination levels obtained and average domestic consumption of these food products groups in Poland. The highest intake expressed as the percentage of provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) was obtained for mercury in fish, which has reached mean 3.2% PTWI. Controlled fish consumption recommendations should be adhered to by prospective mothers, pregnant women, breast-feeding women and young children. Lead and arsenic intake with mineral waters and soft drinks comprises approx. 15% of total intake of these elements with food.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Badania Zywności i Przedmiotów Uzytku, Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego - Państwowy Zakład Higieny, Warszawa. mwojciechowska@pzh.gov.pl
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wojciechowska-Mazurek
authors.forename: Krystyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Starska
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mania
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brulińska-Ostrowska
authors.forename: Urszula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Biernat
authors.forename: Kazimierz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karłowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001151:Arsenic / Q000032:analysis; D002253:Carbonated Beverages / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005396:Fish Products / Q000032:analysis; D005399:Fishes; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis; D008900:Mineral Waters / Q000032:analysis*; D009754:Nuts / Q000737:chemistry; D012275:Oryza / Q000737:chemistry; D011044:Poland; D011247:Pregnancy; D017747:Seafood / Q000032:analysis; D013025:Glycine max / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D008900:Mineral Waters; D007854:Lead; D008628:Mercury; D001151:Arsenic