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First report on free and covalently bound microcystins in fish and bivalves from Vietnam: Assessment of risks to humans
Author(s) -
Pham ThanhLuu,
Shimizu Kazuya,
Dao ThanhSon,
Motoo Utsumi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.3858
Subject(s) - fish <actinopterygii> , environmental chemistry , contamination , fishery , biology , zoology , chemistry , ecology
The free and covalently bound microcystins (MCs) in 3 fish and 2 bivalves from the Dau Tieng Reservoir in Vietnam were investigated for the first time in the present study. The results showed that all species were contaminated with MCs. Our findings indicate that eating the muscle of fish from the Dau Tieng Reservoir is safe but that eating the bivalves is not safe during toxic cyanobacterial bloom episodes. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017;36:2953–2957. © 2017 SETAC