Biomonitoring of metal bioaccumulation in different fishes collected from the Gomti River, India and its health implications in humans

ABSTRACT

This study examine the concentrations and health risk due to consumption of 11 elements due to fish (muscles) intake and were also use as bioindicator for pollution in the Gomti River. The quantification of metals was done in Ctenopharyngodon idella, Channa punctata, and Cirrhinus mrigala in kidney (BDL −8.31 ± 0.38), liver (BDL −8.98 ± 0.61), muscles (BDL −7.65 ± 0.83), and gills (BDL −7.58 ± 0.18) were subjected to Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). Study reveals that potential bioaccumulation of metals were highest in C. punctata followed by C. idella and C. mrigala. The health risk probabilistic were estimated ingestion mode using daily intake (EDI) reveals highest for Fe with mean value 2.81, noncarcinogenic risk (THQ) shown by Al, Fe, and Cd with a range value (0.27 − 8.980), (0.055–1.715) and (0.037–4.813). Hazard index (HI), i.e. >1 values were high for all the fish species may lead to harm to their consumers. Carcinogenic risk (CR) above >10⁻⁴ was for As (2.3E–04 to 1.7E–03) and Cd (1.4E–05 to 3.4E–04).

KEYWORDS:

• Bioaccumulation
• carcinogenic
• Gomti River
• metals
• noncarcinogenic

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank local fishermen for providing fish from the site when required on time. Acknowledgments are also due to the non-net Fellowship, University Grant Commission, New Delhi.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Author contribution

Neha Gondial: Conceptualization, writing-original draft, experimental design, investigation; Dr. Sandhya: Data analysis, review, and editing.

Supplementary material

Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2024.2333984.

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Funding

This study was not supported by any funding authorities.