Health risk assessment of the intake of butyltin and phenyltin compounds from fish and seafood in Taiwanese population

Organotin compounds have been applied as stabilizers for PVCs, fungicides, and pesticides, those can enter water systems through antifouling paints on ships as well as from diverse industrial and agricultural processes. This study aims to monitor the background levels of six organotins in 200 fisher...

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Published in:Chemosphere (Oxford) 2016-12, Vol.164, p.568-575
Main Authors: Lee, Ching-Chang, Hsu, Ya-Chen, Kao, Yi-Ting, Chen, Hsiu-Ling
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Animals
Butyltins
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Fisheries
Fishes
Food Contamination - analysis
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Organotin Compounds - analysis
Organotin Compounds - toxicity
Organotins
Paint - analysis
Paint - toxicity
Phenyltins
Risk Assessment
Seafood - analysis
Taiwan
Tolerable average residue level
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity
Young Adult
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Summary:Organotin compounds have been applied as stabilizers for PVCs, fungicides, and pesticides, those can enter water systems through antifouling paints on ships as well as from diverse industrial and agricultural processes. This study aims to monitor the background levels of six organotins in 200 fishery products. In the current study, the high organotin levels are over tolerable average residue levels in Taiwan. Phenyltins (PTs) levels in fish and seafood are higher than butyltins (BTs). Risk assessment showed that 95% upper confidence limits of the hazard index (HI) of organotins were almost all over 1, indicating that there are probability of health impacts for organotin consumption in Taiwanese consumers. Those who consume higher amounts of seafood and fishery may be at a higher risk of health issues, but the data indicate that organotin levels have become controlled in recent years as compared with health risk data published in 2006. •Organotin enter water systems through antifouling paints on ships.•Build up background levels of six organotins in 200 fishery products.•The high organotin levels are over tolerable average residue levels in Taiwan.•PTs level in seafood is obviously higher than BTs.•There are still health impacts for organotin consumption in Taiwanese.
ISSN:0045-6535
1879-1298
DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.08.141