Cadmium bioaccumulation in European flat oysters (Ostrea edulis) from Middle Adriatic Sea (San Benedetto del Tronto district, Italy)


Submitted: 10 May 2013
Accepted: 29 October 2013
Published: 13 May 2014
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  • Cesare Ciccarelli Servizio Veterinario di Igiene degli Alimenti di Origine Animale - ASUR Marche, Area Vasta n. 5, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.
  • Angela Marisa Semeraro Servizio Veterinario di Igiene degli Alimenti di Origine Animale - ASUR Marche, Area Vasta n. 5, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.
  • Alessandra Aliventi Servizio Veterinario di Igiene degli Alimenti di Origine Animale - ASUR Marche, Area Vasta n. 5, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.
  • Vittoria Di Trani Servizio Veterinario di Igiene degli Alimenti di Origine Animale - ASUR Marche, Area Vasta n. 5, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.
  • Piero Capocasa Servizio Veterinario di Igiene degli Alimenti di Origine Animale - ASUR Marche, Area Vasta n. 5, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.
Bivalve molluscs represent an important source of cadmium exposure in humans, in particular oysters, because of their high filter feeding capability and high concentration of metal-binding metallothionein in tissues. In this study the authors investigated the difference in cadmium bioaccumulation in European flat oysters harvested from production areas in the district of San Benedetto del Tronto (Ascoli Piceno province, Italy), as a function of their origin (farming or natural beds) and the time of gathering. The beds lie 3 nm off-shore at a depth of 20-40 m and are collected by dredging. In the farms, baskets are suspended in the water column 2.5-3 nm offshore at a depth of 4 m. The authors analysed the results of cadmium monitoring plan carried out in oyster natural beds for a total of 15 samples collected from 2004 to 2012 and in two oyster farms for a total of 11 samples from 2009 to 2012. Although the few data did not allow to find a significant statistical association, they suggested two findings: i) cadmium concentration in oysters from natural beds seemed to be lower than in farmed oysters; and ii) in farmed oysters cadmium concentration even exceeded allowed maximum level for human consumption, in particular in autumn. The vertical stratification in the water column of phytoplankton and a cadmium dilution at oyster gonadal maturation might cause changes in oyster cadmium accumulation.

Cesare Ciccarelli, Servizio Veterinario di Igiene degli Alimenti di Origine Animale - ASUR Marche, Area Vasta n. 5, San Benedetto del Tronto
Dirigente Veterinario del Servizio Veterinario di Igiene degli Alimenti di Origine Animale
Angela Marisa Semeraro, Servizio Veterinario di Igiene degli Alimenti di Origine Animale - ASUR Marche, Area Vasta n. 5, San Benedetto del Tronto
Dirigente Veterinario del Servizio Veterinario di Igiene degli Alimenti di Origine Animale
Alessandra Aliventi, Servizio Veterinario di Igiene degli Alimenti di Origine Animale - ASUR Marche, Area Vasta n. 5, San Benedetto del Tronto
Dirigente Veterinario del Servizio Veterinario di Igiene degli Alimenti di Origine Animale
Vittoria Di Trani, Servizio Veterinario di Igiene degli Alimenti di Origine Animale - ASUR Marche, Area Vasta n. 5, San Benedetto del Tronto
Dirigente Veterinario del Servizio Veterinario di Igiene degli Alimenti di Origine Animale
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Ciccarelli C, Semeraro AM, Aliventi A, Di Trani V, Capocasa P. Cadmium bioaccumulation in European flat oysters (Ostrea edulis) from Middle Adriatic Sea (San Benedetto del Tronto district, Italy). Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2014 May 13 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];3(2). Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2014.1672

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