title: Effect of cooking on total mercury content in Norway lobster and European hake and public health impact.
abstract: The risk of Hg poisoning by eating seafood is considered real from the several international agencies that recommended, by fish consumption advisories, to pregnant women and young children to avoid or severely limit the consumption of the fish and shellfish with a high-range mercury levels. The analyses of two common species, European hake and Norway lobster, collected from an area of Central Adriatic Sea, reported high mercury levels in crustaceans. For Norway lobster total mercury exceeded, in six out of ten analysed pools, the recommended 0.5mg/kg wet weight European limit. Moreover the increased amount of Hg concentrations in Norway lobster cooked samples suggests the necessity to review current procedures of Hg control in food, considering also consumption habits of consumers. The Hg values found in all European hake samples are below the legal limits and, in this species, the boiling did not modify the concentrations in fish tissues.
authors.affiliation: Facoltà di Bioscienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari e Ambientali, Teramo University, Località Piano d'Accio, 64100 Teramo, Italy. Electronic address: mperugini@unite.it.
authors.forename: Monia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perugini
authors.affiliation: Facoltà di Bioscienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari e Ambientali, Teramo University, Località Piano d'Accio, 64100 Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zezza
authors.affiliation: Facoltà di Bioscienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari e Ambientali, Teramo University, Località Piano d'Accio, 64100 Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Serena Maria Rita
authors.initials: SMR
authors.lastname: Tulini
authors.affiliation: C.Re.A.A., National Reference Centre for Surveillance and Monitoring Animal Feed, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Cesarina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Abete
authors.affiliation: C.Re.A.A., National Reference Centre for Surveillance and Monitoring Animal Feed, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Monaco
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale "G. Caporale", Via Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Annamaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.affiliation: Executive Veterinary A.S.L. Pescara, 65100 Pescara, Italy.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Olivieri
authors.affiliation: Facoltà di Bioscienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari e Ambientali, Teramo University, Località Piano d'Accio, 64100 Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amorena
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003296:Cooking; D033364:Decapoda; D005506:Food Contamination; D048388:Gadiformes; D006801:Humans; D008628:Mercury; D011634:Public Health; D017747:Seafood
chemical_list: D008628:Mercury
keywords: Adriatic Sea; Consumer health; Direct mercury analyser; Mercury; Seafood