Bài viết này cung cấp một cái nhìn tổng quan về tình trạng tích lũy kim loại nặng ở cá Dìa tro, tạo cơ sở cho các cơ quan quản lý thực hiện giám sát ô nhiễm môi trường và thực hiện các biện pháp hiệu quả để giảm rủi ro sức khỏe tiềm ẩn cho người tiêu thụ. Mời các bạn cùng tham khảo! | 46 Trường Đại học Nông Lâm TP. Hồ Chí Minh Assessment of heavy metals content and consumer health risk to Siganus fuscescens Houttuyn 1782 from Quang Binh province Thiep V. Vo1 2 Yen T. Tran1 amp Anh V. Hoang1 1 Faculty of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Quang Binh University Quang Binh Vietnam 2 Institute Biology Pedagogical University of Cracow Kraków Poland ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Research Paper Siganus fuscescens Houttuyn 1782 is one of the common fish species in Quang Binh province and consumers are favored by its high nu- Received June 02 2020 tritional value. However the consumption of Siganus fuscescens may Revised July 30 2020 pose potential risks to human health since they can accumulate signif- Accepted September 28 2020 icant amounts of heavy metals in their tissues. From July to October 2019 a total of 50 individuals of Siganus fuscescens were randomly collected through fishermen at local markets in Quang Binh province. Keywords Liver gills and muscles were dissected and analyzed for cadmium lead copper zinc and iron contents by the flame atomic absorption spectrometer and the cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometer for Estimated daily intake EDI mercury content. The metal content in all tested samples was lower Heavy metal than the threshold limit value by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health Siganus fuscescens MoH . The risk to human health by the intake of metal contaminated Target hazard quotients THQ Siganus fuscescens was evaluated by estimated daily intake EDI tar- get hazard quotient THQ and hazard index HI . All of the EDI values were below the provisional tolerable daily intake PTDI set by Corresponding author the MoH and all of THQ and HI values for male and female consumers did not exceed 1 indicating that there was no potential human health Vo Van Thiep risk in consuming Siganus fuscescens from coastal areas of Quang Email vovanthiepqbu@ Binh province. Cited as Vo T. V. Tran Y. T. amp Hoang A. V. 2020 . Assessment of heavy metals