Toxic Water Pollutants Linked to Serious Health Issues
“Water pollutants such as pesticides, heavy metals, and organic compounds can enter the human body directly or indirectly through the consumption of contaminated aquatic organisms, causing serious health problems such as cancer, neurological disorders, and reproductive issues.”
Summary
Scientific studies confirm that pesticides, heavy metals and other organic contaminants accumulate in aquatic organisms and are transferred to humans through seafood consumption. Exposure to these pollutants has been linked to cancer, neurological damage, kidney failure and reproductive abnormalities. The evidence spans recent peer‑reviewed research on bioaccumulation and human health impacts.
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- Bioaccumulation of pesticides in fish resulting toxicities in humans through food chain and forensic aspects - PMC
Major determinants of survival, growth, reproduction, physiology and general behavior of fish are water quality parameters [7]. According to a study, most organic and inorganic pollutants cause a range of physiological and neurological disorders in humans and are carcinogenic and mutagenic.
- Health benefits and health risks of contaminated fish ... - PMC
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- The neurological toxicity of heavy metals: A fish perspective - PubMed
The causes of neurodegenerative diseases are complex with likely contributions from genetic susceptibility and environmental exposures over an organism's lifetime. In this review, we examine the role that aquatic models, especially zebrafish, have played in the elucidation of mechanisms of heavy met …
- Reproductive toxicity of seafood contaminants: prospective comparisons of Swedish east and west coast fishermen's families - PubMed
With respect to couple fertility and female reproductive parameters, no support was given for associations with POP exposure. Although some associations may have been affected by beneficial effects of essential nutrients in seafood, the overall ...
- The effects of pollution on fish health - PubMed
The end results, which may occur ... metabolism, and damage to gills and epithelia. However, the link between adverse water quality and fish diseases is not proven....
- A systematic review on assessment of heavy metals toxicity in freshwater fish species: Current scenario and remedial approaches - ScienceDirect
Similarly, it has been alleged ... health (Renieri et al., 2019; Panda et al., 2023). DNA damage and cancer can be caused by cadmium, chromium, lead, and arsenic....
- Health benefits and health risks of contaminated fish consumption: Current research outputs, research approaches, and perspectives - ScienceDirect
Different findings indicated that contaminants cause cancer, kidney failure, adverse neurological effect, cardiovascular diseases, and so on to vulnerable groups such as pregnant, child breast-feeding and children.
- Contaminants in fish and seafood from the marine environment: A global overview of current status and future perspective - ScienceDirect
The bioaccumulation of PAEs in ... endocrine-disrupting effects, which can lead to reproductive and developmental abnormalities in aquatic species and, potentially, in humans who consume contaminated seafood (Arslan et al., 2021; Barse ...
- Health benefits and health risks of contaminated fish consumption: Current research outputs, research approaches, and perspectives: Heliyon
Different findings indicated that contaminants cause cancer, kidney failure, adverse neurological effect, cardiovascular diseases, and so on to vulnerable groups such as pregnant, child breast-feeding and children.
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