204
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Evaluating contamination of seafood purchased from U.S. retail stores by persistent environmental pollutants, pesticides and veterinary drugs

, &
Pages 325-338 | Received 27 Nov 2023, Accepted 21 Jan 2024, Published online: 05 Feb 2024

References

  • Anju A, Ravi SP, Bechan S. 2010. Water pollution with special reference to pesticide contamination in India. J Water Resour Prot. 2:432–448. doi: 10.4236/jwarp.2010.25050.
  • Antunes P, Gil O. 2004. PCB and DDT contamination in cultivated and wild Sea bass from Ria de Aveiro, Portugal. Chemosphere. 54(10):1503–1507. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.08.029.
  • Arsène MMJ, Davares AKL, Viktorovna PI, Andreevna SL, Sarra S, Khelifi I, Sergueïevna DM. 2022. The public health issue of antibiotic residues in food and feed: causes, consequences, and potential solutions. Vet World. 15(3):662–671. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2022.662-671.
  • [ATSDR] Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 2000. Toxicological Profile for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). Atlanta (GA): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Public Health Service; [accessed 2023 Mar 22]. https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/ToxProfiles/ToxProfiles.aspx?id=142&tid=26.
  • Babichuk N, Sarkar A, Mulay S, Knight J, Bautista JJ, Young CJ. 2022. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in marine fish and dietary exposure in newfoundland. Ecohealth. 19(1):99–113. doi: 10.1007/s10393-022-01582-y.
  • Bagumire A, Rumbeiha WK, Todd ECD, Muyanja C, Nasinyama GW. 2008. Analysis of environmental chemical residues in products of emerging aquaculture industry in Uganda as case study for Sub-Saharan Africa. Food Addit Contam Part B Surveill. 1(2):153–160. doi: 10.1080/02652030802482491.
  • Baker PK, Dalrymple RH, Ingle DL, Ricks CA. 1984. Use of a β-adrenergic agonist to alter muscle and fat deposition in lambs1. J Anim Sci. 59(5):1256–1261. doi: 10.2527/jas1984.5951256x.
  • Barreto FM, da Silva MR, Braga PAC, Bragotto APA, Hisano H, Reyes FGR. 2018. Evaluation of the leaching of florfenicol from coated medicated fish feed into water. Environ Pollut. 242(Pt B):1245–1252. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.08.017.
  • BC Global. 2022. Maximum residue limits (MRLs) [Internet]. [accessed 2023 Feb 12]. https://bcglobal.bryantchristie.com/db#login.
  • Bedi M, von Goetz N, Ng C. 2020. Estimating polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) exposure through seafood consumption in Switzerland using international food trade data. Environ Int. 138:105652. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105652.
  • Bedi M, Sapozhnikova Y, Taylor R, Ng C. 2023. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) measured in seafood from a cross-section of retail stores in the United States. J Hazard Mater. 459:132062. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132062.
  • Brown FR, Winkler J, Visita P, Dhaliwal J, Petreas M. 2006. Levels of PBDEs, PCDDs, PCDFs, and coplanar PCBs in edible fish from California coastal waters. Chemosphere. 64(2):276–286. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.12.012.
  • Cantón L, Lanusse C, Moreno, L. 2022. Chapter 27 - Veterinary drug residues in meat-related edible tissues. In: Purslow P, editor. New aspects of meat quality. 2nd ed. Sawston: Woodhead Publishing; p. 755–783. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-85879-3.00007-6.
  • [CDC] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2022. What exactly is antibiotic resistance? Centers for disease control and prevention [Internet]. [accessed 2023 Feb 19]. https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/about.html.
  • [CDC/ATSDR] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 2014. ATSDR case studies in environmental medicine polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) toxicity. [Internet]. [place unknown]; [accessed 2023 Feb 13]. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/pcb/docs/pcb.pdf
  • Chávez-Almazán LA, Díaz-Ortiz JA, Garibo-Ruiz D, Alarcón-Romero MA, Mata-Diaz MA, Pérez-Cruz B, Godoy-Galeana E, Chávez-Almazán LA, Díaz-Ortiz JA, Garibo-Ruiz D, et al. 2019. Impact of health monitoring of clenbuterol in Guerrero, Mexico: results from 2011 to 2015. Rev Mex Cienc Pecu. 10(1):186–198. doi: 10.22319/rmcp.v10i1.4350.
  • Covaci A, Bervoets L, Hoff P, Voorspoels S, Voets J, Van Campenhout K, Blust R, Schepens P. 2005. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in freshwater mussels and fish from Flanders, Belgium. J Environ Monit. 7(2):132–136. doi: 10.1039/b413574a.
  • Danladi KBR, Akoto O. 2021. Ecological and human health risk assessment of pesticide residues in fish and sediments from vea irrigation reservoir. JEP. 12(04):265–279. doi: 10.4236/jep.2021.124017.
  • De Silva AO, Armitage JM, Bruton TA, Dassuncao C, Heiger‐Bernays W, Hu XC, Kärrman A, Kelly B, Ng C, Robuck A, et al. 2021. PFAS exposure pathways for humans and wildlife: a synthesis of current knowledge and key gaps in understanding. Environ Toxicol Chem. 40(3):631–657. doi: 10.1002/etc.4935.
  • Dinh QT, Munoz G, Vo Duy S, Tien Do D, Bayen S, Sauvé S. 2020. Analysis of sulfonamides, fluoroquinolones, tetracyclines, triphenylmethane dyes and other veterinary drug residues in cultured and wild seafood sold in Montreal, Canada. J Food Compos Anal. 94:103630. doi: 10.1016/j.jfca.2020.103630.
  • Done HY, Halden RU. 2015. Reconnaissance of 47 antibiotics and associated microbial risks in seafood sold in the United States. J Hazard Mater. 282:10–17. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.08.075.
  • [EC] European Commission. 2023. Maximum residue levels (MRLs) [Internet]. [accessed Mar 12]. https://food.ec.europa.eu/plants/pesticides/maximum-residue-levels_en.
  • Erickson MD, Kaley RG. 2011. Applications of polychlorinated biphenyls. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 18(2):135–151. doi: 10.1007/s11356-010-0392-1.
  • Espinoza W, Vargas Jentzsch P, Gualpa F, Andrade P, Moreno C, Vaca I, Betancourt R, Medina L, Enríquez D, Guijarro M, et al. 2020. Survey of clenbuterol in bovine muscle and liver in Ecuador. Food Addit Contam Part B Surveill. 13(2):107–114. doi: 10.1080/19393210.2020.1735534.
  • Fair PA, White ND, Wolf B, Arnott SA, Kannan K, Karthikraj R, Vena JE. 2018. Persistent organic pollutants in fish from Charleston Harbor and tributaries, South Carolina, United States: a risk assessment. Environ Res. 167:598–613. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.08.001.
  • [FAO] Food and Agriculture Organization. 2011. Report of the joint WHO expert consultation on the risks and benefits of fish consumption. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Geneva: World Health Organization; p. 50.
  • Ferrante M, Zanghì G, Cristaldi A, Copat C, Grasso A, Fiore M, Signorelli SS, Zuccarello P, Oliveri Conti G. 2018. PAHs in seafood from the Mediterranean Sea: an exposure risk assessment. Food Chem Toxicol. 115:385–390. [Internet]. [accessed 2022 Dec 11] doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.03.024.
  • Gerber R, Smit NJ, Van Vuren JHJ, Nakayama SMM, Yohannes YB, Ikenaka Y, Ishizuka M, Wepener V. 2016. Bioaccumulation and human health risk assessment of DDT and other organochlorine pesticides in an apex aquatic predator from a premier conservation area. Sci Total Environ. 550:522–533. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.129.
  • Giacomazzi S, Cochet N. 2004. Environmental impact of diuron transformation: a review. Chemosphere. 56(11):1021–1032. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.04.061.
  • Government of Canada CFIA. 2022. European Union (EU) - export requirements for fish and seafood [Internet]. [accessed 2023 Feb 12]. https://inspection.canada.ca/exporting-food-plants-or-animals/food-exports/requirements/european-union-fish-and-seafood/eng/1304221213916/1304221299574.
  • Guidance SANTE 11312. 2021. Analytical quality control and method validation procedures for pesticide residues analysis in food and feed. [place unknown]: Guidance SANTE 11312.
  • Guo J, Wu F, Shen R, Zeng EY. 2010. Dietary intake and potential health risk of DDTs and PBDEs via seafood consumption in South China. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 73(7):1812–1819. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.08.009.
  • Guo JY, Zeng EY, Wu FC, Meng XZ, Mai BX, Luo XJ. 2007. Organochlorine pesticides in seafood products from southern China and health risk assessment. Environ Toxicol Chem. 26(6):1109–1115. doi: 10.1897/06-446R.1.
  • Habibullah-Al-Mamun M, Ahmed MK, Islam MS, Tokumura M, Masunaga S. 2019. Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in commonly consumed seafood from coastal areas of Bangladesh and associated human health implications. Environ Geochem Health. 41(3):1105–1121. doi: 10.1007/s10653-018-0202-0.
  • Hussein MA, Hammad OS, Tharwat AE, Darwish WS, Sayed-Ahmed A, Zigo F, Farkašová Z, Rehan IF. 2022. Health risk assessment of organochlorine pesticide residues in edible tissue of seafood. Front Vet Sci. 9:1042956. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1042956.
  • Jahns L, Raatz SK, Johnson LK, Kranz S, Silverstein JT, Picklo MJ. 2014. Intake of seafood in the US varies by age, income, and education level but not by race-ethnicity. Nutrients. 6(12):6060–6075. doi: 10.3390/nu6126060.
  • Jürgens MD, Crosse J, Hamilton PB, Johnson AC, Jones KC. 2016. The long shadow of our chemical past – High DDT concentrations in fish near a former agrochemicals factory in England. Chemosphere. 162:333–344. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.07.078.
  • Li A, Tang Q, Kearney KE, Nagy KL, Zhang J, Buchanan S, Turyk ME. 2022. Persistent and toxic chemical pollutants in fish consumed by Asians in Chicago, United States. Sci Total Environ. 825:154055. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152214.
  • Love DC, Asche F, Conrad Z, Young R, Harding J, Nussbaumer EM, Thorne-Lyman AL, Neff R. 2020. Food sources and expenditures for seafood in the United States. Nutrients. 12(6):1810. doi: 10.3390/nu12061810.
  • Love DC, Fry JP, Cabello F, Good CM, Lunestad BT. 2020. Veterinary drug use in United States net pen Salmon aquaculture: implications for drug use policy. Aquaculture. 518:734820. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.734820.
  • Michlig N, Lehotay SJ, Lightfield AR, Beldoménico H, Repetti MR. 2021. Validation of a high-throughput method for analysis of pesticide residues in hemp and hemp products. J Chromatogr A. 1645:462097. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462097.
  • Monteiro SH, Lehotay SJ, Sapozhnikova Y, Ninga E, Lightfield AR. 2021. High-throughput mega-method for the analysis of pesticides, veterinary drugs, and environmental contaminants by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography − tandem mass spectrometry and robotic mini-solid-phase extraction cleanup + low-pressure gas chromatography − tandem mass spectrometry, part 1: beef. J Agric Food Chem. 69(4):1159–1168. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c00710.
  • Nam YS, Agustin-Camacho MR, Park HM, Lee KB. 2010. Herbicide contamination of live armclad rockfish, clam and pen shell by moss-control agents used in aquariums of seafood restaurants in Korea. Food Addit Contam Part B Surveill. 3(4):289–295. doi: 10.1080/19393210.2010.520339.
  • Ng CA, Ritscher A, Hungerbuehler K, von Goetz N. 2018. Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) accumulation in farmed salmon evaluated using a dynamic sea-cage production model. Environ Sci Technol. 52(12):6965–6973. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00146.
  • Ninga E, Sapozhnikova Y, Lehotay SJ, Lightfield AR, Monteiro SH. 2021. High-throughput mega-method for the analysis of pesticides, veterinary drugs, and environmental contaminants by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry and robotic mini-solid-phase extraction cleanup + low-pressure gas chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry, part 2: catfish. J Agric Food Chem. 69(4):1169–1174. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c00995.
  • Okocha RC, Olatoye IO, Adedeji OB. 2018. Food safety impacts of antimicrobial use and their residues in aquaculture. Public Health Rev. 39(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s40985-018-0099-2.
  • Patel AB, Shaikh S, Jain KR, Desai C, Madamwar D. 2020. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: sources, toxicity, and remediation approaches. Front Microbiol. 11:562813. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.562813.
  • Ruffle B, Vedagiri U, Bogdan D, Maier M, Schwach C, Murphy-Hagan C. 2020. Perfluoroalkyl Substances in U.S. market basket fish and shellfish. Environ Res. 190:109932. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109932.
  • Sapkota A, Sapkota AR, Kucharski M, Burke J, McKenzie S, Walker P, Lawrence R. 2008. Aquaculture practices and potential human health risks: current knowledge and future priorities. Environ Int. 34(8):1215–1226. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.04.009.
  • Sarkar S, Gil JDB, Keeley J, Jansen K. 2021. The use of pesticides in developing countries and their impact on health and the right to food. Brussels: European Union. [accessed 2023 Feb 19]. doi: 10.2861/28995.
  • Serra-Compte A, Álvarez-Muñoz D, Rodríguez-Mozaz S, Barceló D. 2017. Multi-residue method for the determination of antibiotics and some of their metabolites in seafood. Food Chem Toxicol. 104:3–13. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2016.11.031.
  • Shen H, Yu C, Ying Y, Zhao Y, Wu Y, Han J, Xu Q. 2009. Levels and congener profiles of PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PBDEs in seafood from China. Chemosphere. 77(9):1206–1211. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.09.015.
  • Sparling DW. 2016. Chapter 13 - Chemical stressors and ecological risk. In: Sparling DW, editor. Ecotoxicol essent. San Diego (CA): Academic Press; p. 391–415. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801947-4.00013-5.
  • Sunderland EM, Hu XC, Dassuncao C, Tokranov AK, Wagner CC, Allen JG. 2019. A review of the pathways of human exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and present understanding of health effects. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 29(2):131–147. doi: 10.1038/s41370-018-0094-1.
  • Tang Y, Lou X, Yang G, Tian L, Wang Y, Huang X. 2022. Occurrence and human health risk assessment of antibiotics in cultured fish from 19 provinces in China. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 12:964283. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.964283.
  • [UNEP] United Nations Environment Programme. 2001. Stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) [Internet]. [accessed 2020 May 30]. http://www.pops.int/TheConvention/Overview/tabid/3351/Default.aspx.
  • [UNEP] United Nations Environment Programme. 2019. Listing of POPs in the stockholm convention [Internet]. [accessed 2023 Feb 19]. http://www.pops.int/TheConvention/ThePOPs/AllPOPs/tabid/2509/Default.aspx.
  • [UNEP] United Nations Environment Programme. 2023. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and pesticides | the Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) [Internet]. [accessed 2023 Feb 19]. https://www.unep.org/cep/persistent-organic-pollutants-pops-and-pesticides.
  • [US EPA] US Environmental Protection Agency. 2010. Recommended Toxicity Equivalence Factors (TEFs) for human health risk assessments of 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and dioxin-like compounds [Internet]. [place unknown]; [accessed 2023 Feb 13]. https://rais.ornl.gov/documents/dioxin_tef.pdf.
  • [US EPA] US Environmental Protection Agency. 2013. Integrated risk information system [Internet]. [accessed 2022 Dec 7]. https://www.epa.gov/iris.
  • [US EPA] US Environmental Protection Agency. 2019. Information for message content: benefits and risks of fish consumption [Internet]. [accessed 2022 Dec 10]. https://www.epa.gov/fish-tech/information-message-content-benefits-and-risks-fish-consumption.
  • [US EPA] US Environmental Protection Agency. 2021. Persistent organic pollutants: a global issue, a global response | US EPA [Internet]. [accessed 2021 Nov 27]. https://www.epa.gov/international-cooperation/persistent-organic-pollutants-global-issue-global-response.
  • [US FDA] US Food and Drug Administration. 2023. Approved aquaculture drugs [Internet]. [accessed 2023 Jul 28]. https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/aquaculture/approved-aquaculture-drugs.
  • [US FDA] US Food and Drug Administration, HHS. 2015. 2015–2020 Dietary guidelines for Americans [Internet]. http://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/.
  • [USDA] US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service. 2021. Pesticide data program—annual summary, calendar year 2021. http://www.ams.usda.gov/pdp.
  • [USDA] US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service. 2023. PDP database search [Internet]. [accessed 2024 Jan 5]. https://apps.ams.usda.gov/pdp.
  • Vaccher V, Ingenbleek L, Adegboye A, Hossou SE, Koné AZ, Oyedele AD, Kisito CSKJ, Dembélé YK, Hu R, Adbel Malak I, et al. 2020. Levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in foods from the first regional Sub-Saharan Africa Total Diet Study. Environ Int. 135:105413. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105413.
  • Varol M, Sünbül MR. 2017. Organochlorine pesticide, antibiotic and heavy metal residues in mussel, crayfish and fish species from a reservoir on the Euphrates River, Turkey. Environ Pollut. 230:311–319. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.06.066.
  • von Stackelberg K, Li M, Sunderland E. 2017. Results of a national survey of high-frequency fish consumers in the United States. Environ Res. 158:126–136. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.05.042.
  • Weintraub M, Birnbaum LS. 2008. Catfish consumption as a contributor to elevated PCB levels in a non-Hispanic black subpopulation. Environ Res. 107(3):412–417. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.03.001.
  • [WHO] World Health Organization. 2009. Principles and methods for the risk assessment of chemicals in food. [place unknown]: Environmental Health Criteria. [accessed 2023 Feb 13]. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/44065/?sequence=9.
  • Xu C, Gao H, Pan N, Jiang M, Huang Y, Zhu K, Gong P, Lv S. 2019. Clenbuterol, salbutamol, and ractopamine in fresh meat products in Jilin province, China. Int J Food Prop. 22(1):1183–1194. doi: 10.1080/10942912.2019.1634100.
  • Yahia D, Elsharkawy EE. 2014. Multi pesticide and PCB residues in Nile tilapia and catfish in Assiut city, Egypt. Sci Total Environ. 466-467:306–314. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.002.
  • Zhang R, Pei J, Zhang R, Wang S, Zeng W, Huang D, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Yu K. 2018. Occurrence and distribution of antibiotics in mariculture farms, estuaries and the coast of the Beibu Gulf, China: bioconcentration and diet safety of seafood. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 154:27–35. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.02.006.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.