AccScience Publishing / AJWEP / Volume 17 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.3233/AJW200031
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Health Risk Analysis of Cd, Pb and Hg in Blood Mussel  (Anadara granosa) from Demak, Central Java, Indonesia

Bambang Yulianto1 Wahyu Andre Wijaya1 Wilis Ari Setyati, Sunaryo1 Adi Santosa1 Trisnadi W. C. Putranto2 Agoes Soegianto2*
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1 Master Program of Marine Sciences, Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Diponegoro University, Tembalang, Semarang 50275, Indonesia
2 Study Program of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology Airlangga University, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia
AJWEP 2020, 17(3), 25–30; https://doi.org/10.3233/AJW200031
Submitted: 2 February 2020 | Revised: 5 June 2020 | Accepted: 5 June 2020 | Published: 12 August 2020
© 2020 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

The famous location of Wedung waters, Demak, Central Java, Indonesia, produces blood mussel, Anadara granosa. Anthropogenic activities can lead to contamination of heavy metals such as Pb, Cd and Hg to the living environment of A. granosa. This study was done to analyse heavy metals content in the soft tissue of A. granosa and health risks arising to Wedung residents from consuming the mussels. Heavy metals were analysed using atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). The result showed that Cd and Pb contents were found in A. granosa soft tissue in the range of 0.56 - 0.70 mg/kg for Cd, 0.05 - 0.10 mg/kg for Pb and Hg was not detected. A health risk analysis  showed that the HQ value for Pb from A. granosa intake was 0.0 <1, so that it was not at risk; whereas for Cd, the value reached 26.5 (HQ > 1). Thus, there was a noticeable health risk for the residents after consuming the mussel. The safety limit in consuming A. granosa was 0.33 g/day for children and 1.2 g/day for adults.

Keywords
Cd
Pb
Hg
health risk analysis
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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