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Health risk assessment of exposure to toxic elements resulting from consumption of dried wild-grown mushrooms available for sale

Mushrooms exhibit a high ability to accumulate potentially toxic elements. The legal regulations in force in the European Union countries do not define the maximum content of elements in dried wild-grown mushrooms. This study presents the content of mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and arsenic...

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Autores principales: Orywal, Karolina, Socha, Katarzyna, Nowakowski, Patryk, Zoń, Wojciech, Kaczyński, Piotr, Mroczko, Barbara, Łozowicka, Bożena, Perkowski, Maciej
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8221490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34161345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252834
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author Orywal, Karolina
Socha, Katarzyna
Nowakowski, Patryk
Zoń, Wojciech
Kaczyński, Piotr
Mroczko, Barbara
Łozowicka, Bożena
Perkowski, Maciej
author_facet Orywal, Karolina
Socha, Katarzyna
Nowakowski, Patryk
Zoń, Wojciech
Kaczyński, Piotr
Mroczko, Barbara
Łozowicka, Bożena
Perkowski, Maciej
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description Mushrooms exhibit a high ability to accumulate potentially toxic elements. The legal regulations in force in the European Union countries do not define the maximum content of elements in dried wild-grown mushrooms. This study presents the content of mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) determined in dried wild-grown mushrooms (Boletus edulis and Xerocomus badius) available for sale. Moreover, the health risk associated with their consumption is assessed. The inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (Cd, Pb, As) and atomic absorption spectrometry (Hg) were used. The mean Hg, Cd, Pb and As concentration in Boletus edulis was 3.039±1.092, 1.983±1.145, 1.156±1.049 and 0.897±0.469 mg/kg and in Xerocomus badius 0.102±0.020, 1.154±0.596, 0.928±1.810 and 0.278±0.108 mg/kg, respectively. The maximum value of the hazard index (HI) showed that the consumption of a standard portion of dried Boletus edulis may have negative consequences for health and corresponded to 76.2%, 34.1%, 33% and 4.3% of the maximum daily doses of Hg, Cd, Pb and As, respectively. The results indicate that the content of toxic elements in dried wild-grown mushrooms should be monitored. The issue constitutes a legal niche where unfavourable EU regulations may pose a threat to food safety and consumer health.
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spelling pubmed-82214902021-07-07 Health risk assessment of exposure to toxic elements resulting from consumption of dried wild-grown mushrooms available for sale Orywal, Karolina Socha, Katarzyna Nowakowski, Patryk Zoń, Wojciech Kaczyński, Piotr Mroczko, Barbara Łozowicka, Bożena Perkowski, Maciej PLoS One Research Article Mushrooms exhibit a high ability to accumulate potentially toxic elements. The legal regulations in force in the European Union countries do not define the maximum content of elements in dried wild-grown mushrooms. This study presents the content of mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) determined in dried wild-grown mushrooms (Boletus edulis and Xerocomus badius) available for sale. Moreover, the health risk associated with their consumption is assessed. The inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (Cd, Pb, As) and atomic absorption spectrometry (Hg) were used. The mean Hg, Cd, Pb and As concentration in Boletus edulis was 3.039±1.092, 1.983±1.145, 1.156±1.049 and 0.897±0.469 mg/kg and in Xerocomus badius 0.102±0.020, 1.154±0.596, 0.928±1.810 and 0.278±0.108 mg/kg, respectively. The maximum value of the hazard index (HI) showed that the consumption of a standard portion of dried Boletus edulis may have negative consequences for health and corresponded to 76.2%, 34.1%, 33% and 4.3% of the maximum daily doses of Hg, Cd, Pb and As, respectively. The results indicate that the content of toxic elements in dried wild-grown mushrooms should be monitored. The issue constitutes a legal niche where unfavourable EU regulations may pose a threat to food safety and consumer health. Public Library of Science 2021-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8221490/ /pubmed/34161345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252834 Text en © 2021 Orywal et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Kaczyński, Piotr
Mroczko, Barbara
Łozowicka, Bożena
Perkowski, Maciej
Health risk assessment of exposure to toxic elements resulting from consumption of dried wild-grown mushrooms available for sale
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title_short Health risk assessment of exposure to toxic elements resulting from consumption of dried wild-grown mushrooms available for sale
title_sort health risk assessment of exposure to toxic elements resulting from consumption of dried wild-grown mushrooms available for sale
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8221490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34161345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252834
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