Bioaccumulation Of Heavy Metals In Selected Tissues Of Anabas Testudineus Of Chalakudy River, Thrissur District, Kerala, South India

Abstract

River pollution present a serious risk to human health, since the chemicals that are present in water have a detrimental impact on aquatic organisms, particularly fish, and have the potential to indirectly damage human health .The present work examined the levels of heavy metals in fish samples taken from a variety of locations along the Chalakudy River. the water quality is largely exceptional, with most heavy metal levels being below the permissible limits. Anabas testudineus fish, a regularly eaten species, were gathered for liver and muscle tissue examination of Fe, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb using ICP-MS. The presence of lead, copper, zinc, and cadmium that were found in fish tissue samples of liver and muscle were found to be much lower than the BIS 2012 standards for food safety. With moderate quantities of iron, copper, and zinc, and minor levels of cadmium and lead, the samples were found to have relatively low levels of heavy metal pollution according to the findings.