Potential Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals via the Consumption of Tilapia Oreochromis Mossambicus Collected from Contaminated and Uncontaminated Ponds

• Main Authors: Yap, Chee Kong, Jusoh, Amiruddin, Leong, Wah June, Karami, Ali, Ong, Ghim Hock
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer International Publishing 2015
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/21/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10661-015-4812-z

Fish tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus were collected from a contaminated Seri Serdang (SS) pond potentially receiving domestic effluents and an uncontaminated pond from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). The fish were dissected into four parts namely gills, muscles, intestines, and liver. All the fish...