Evaluation of Mercury Pollution and Risk Assessment of Human Health due to Consumption of Common Carp (Cyprinus Carpio) from the Caspian Sea

Abstract

Background: In the present study, the main goal was to measure the concentration of mercury in the muscle tissue of common carp and evaluate the health risk to consumers using different indices, and evaluate the possible difference between the values of the studied element in the sampling stations. Methods: Samples of the studied species were collected from four different stations, Bandar torkaman, Faridunknar, Chalus, and Bandar Anzali, from the southern shores of the Caspian sea. Kruskal-wallis and Mann-whitney u tests were used to determine the difference in mercury concentration in fish muscle tissue at the stations.