title: Elemental analysis of mussels and possible health risks arising from their consumption as a food: The case of Boka Kotorska Bay, Adriatic Sea.
abstract: The present study investigated the essential and non-essential elements in cultivated and wild mussels and assessed the health risk arising from their consumption as an impact of rapid growth and intensive production of Mytilus galloprovincialis in the mussel farms of the Boka Kotorska Bay. The concentrations of macro, micro, nonessential and even the small amounts of potentially toxic elements in the cultivated and wild mussels were influenced by industry, tourism and the geohydrology of the Bay. In the case of cultivated mussels, the limiting factor, i.e., the element the elevated concentration of which restricts mussels consumption, was Zr, while in the case of wild mussels the limiting factors were Cr and As. The sites with cultivated mussels stand out as sites with the highest calculated element pollution index, the total hazard index and with higher estimated risk to the health of consumers.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Bojan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tanaskovski
authors.affiliation: Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, P. O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Mihajlo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jović
authors.affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology, University of Podgorica, Dobrota bb, 85330 Kotor, Montenegro.
authors.forename: Milica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mandić
authors.affiliation: Institute of General and Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Lato
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pezo
authors.affiliation: ICIS-CNR, Environmental Laboratory, 35127 Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Degetto
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. Electronic address: slavka@tmf.bg.ac.rs.
authors.forename: Slavka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stanković
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture; D001151:Arsenic / Q000032:analysis*; D061006:Bays; D002857:Chromium / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D049878:Mytilus / Q000737:chemistry*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017747:Seafood; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis; D015040:Zirconium / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002857:Chromium; D015040:Zirconium; D001151:Arsenic
keywords: ED-XRF; Food safety; Health risk assessment; Major, minor and trace elements; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Target hazard quotient