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Arsenic concentration in rice, fish, meat and vegetables in Cambodia: a preliminary risk assessment |
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| Authors: | Hong-Sheng Wang Suthipong Sthiannopkao Zhuo-Jia Chen Yu-Bon Man Jun Du Guang-Hua Xing Kyoung-Woong Kim Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin Jamal Hisham Hashim Ming-Hung Wong |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Microbial and Biochemical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 132 Waihuandong Road, University Town, Guangzhou, 510006, China 2. Department of Biology, Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China 3. Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Dong-A University, Saha-gu, Busan, 604-714, Republic of Korea 4. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea 5. United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 6. School of Environment and Resources, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Linan, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China |
| Abstract: | To assess arsenic contaminations and its possible adverse health effects, food samples were collected from Kandal, Kratie and Kampong Cham in Cambodia. The highest and the lowest concentrations were observed in fish (mean 2,832 ng g?1, ww) collected from Kandal province and cattle stomach (1.86 ± 1.10 ng g?1, ww) collected from Kratie, respectively. The daily intake of arsenic via food consumption was 604, 9.70 and 136 μg day?1 in Kandal, Kratie and Kampong Cham, respectively. The arsenic dietary intake in Kandal ranked No. 1 among all the 17 compared countries or regions. Fish consumption contributed the greatest proportion of total arsenic daily intake in Kandal (about 63.0 %) and Kampong Cham (about 69.8 %). It is revealed to be a much more important exposure pathway than drinking water for residents in Kampong Cham. The results of risk assessment suggested that the residents in Cambodia, particularly for people in Kandal province, suffer high public health risks due to consuming arsenic-contaminated food. |
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