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Evaluation of Trace Element and Metal Accumulation and Edibility Risk Associated with Consumption of Labeo umbratus from the Vaal Dam, South Africa

  • Beric M. Gilbert
  • , Ebrahim Hussain
  • , Franz Jirsa
  • , Annemarie Avenant-Oldewage (Corresponding author)

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Original languageEnglish
Article number678
Number of pages15
JournalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume14
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2017

Funding

Thanks is extended to the NRF for providing funding (IFR1202200106) and the University of Johannesburg for providing infrastructure and funding for the completion of this study. The authors would also like to thank Spectrum for the use of equipment for the analysis of sediment samples collected during 2011. H.H. Du Preez and H. Foden are thanked for their assistance with analysis of fish tissue samples collected from the Vaal Dam during 2011.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 104003 Inorganic chemistry
  • 104023 Environmental chemistry
  • 104002 Analytical chemistry

Keywords

  • biomonitoring
  • edibility
  • Labeo umbratus
  • trace element accumulation
  • Vaal River
  • Mercury and Arsenic
  • HUMAN HEALTH-RISK
  • FRESH-WATER FISH
  • LABEOBARBUS-KIMBERLEYENSIS GILCHRIST
  • GARIEPINUS SHARPTOOTH CATFISH
  • RIVER SYSTEM
  • CLARIAS-GARIEPINUS
  • OLIFANTS RIVER
  • HEAVY-METALS
  • MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS
  • LARGEMOUTH YELLOWFISH
  • Biomonitoring
  • Vaal river
  • Mercury and arsenic
  • Trace element accumulation
  • Edibility

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