Тип публикации: статья из журнала
Год издания: 2016
Идентификатор DOI: 10.1017/S0025315415001356
Ключевые слова: Oceans and human health, OHH, mercury, selenium, fish oils, n-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, ecotoxicology, public health, bioaccumulation, coastal water, essential oil, fish, food web, marine environment, mercury (element), pollution exposure, seafood
Аннотация: Humans who eat fish are exposed to mixtures of healthful nutrients and harmful contaminants that are influenced by environmental and ecological factors. Marine fisheries are composed of a multitude of species with varying life histories, and harvested in oceans, coastal waters and estuaries where environmental and ecological conditПоказать полностьюions determine fish exposure to both nutrients and contaminants. Many of these nutrients and contaminants are thought to influence similar health outcomes (i.e., neurological, cardiovascular, immunological systems). Therefore, our understanding of the risks and benefits of consuming seafood require balanced assessments of contaminants and nutrients found in fish and shellfish. In this paper, we review some of the reported benefits of fish consumption with a focus on the potential hazards of mercury exposure, and compare the environmental variability of fish oils, selenium and mercury in fish. A major scientific gap identified is that fish tissue concentrations are rarely measured for both contaminants and nutrients across a range of species and geographic regions. Interpreting the implications of seafood for human health will require a better understanding of these multiple exposures, particularly as environmental conditions in the oceans change.
Журнал: JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Выпуск журнала: Vol. 96, Is. 1
Номера страниц: 43-59
ISSN журнала: 00253154
Место издания: NEW YORK
Издатель: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS