Meeting the Needs of the People: Fish Consumption Rates in the Pacific Northwest

Empowerment of Medical Toxicology in Bangladesh: Inspiration from the APAMT

In the last issue of Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology (APJMT), editor-in-chief, Dr. Reza Afshari focused on an important contemporary issue of empowering toxicology in the Asia pacific region (1). The topic drew our attention and we would like to share the situation of Bangladesh in light of this editorial. Dr. Afshari correctly emphasized on forming national societies of medical toxi...

Status of fish Consumption per capita of Tehran citizens

  Status of fish consumption was analyzed by completing the 295 questionnaires in all 22 metropolitan regions of Tehran from different households in 2008. After reviewing the descriptive and statistics analysis along with the non-parametric statistics, the fish consumption per capita was extracted through formulas. The average and mode of purchasing of each household occurs 11 times per year wi...

Potential health risk assessment of heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Ni) via the consumption of the prevailing bony fish Liza auratas (Risso, 1810) of Caspian Sea

Background and Objective: Heavy metals enter to water resources through various ways, causing dangers such as illness, cancer, and, in general, a disorder in the body of living organisms. Mullet (Liza aurata) is highly consumed by the people living in Guilan province, Iran. Therefore, the amount of heavy metals included copper, zinc, and nickel was investigated in the muscle tissue of mullet. ...

The Secretary of the First Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Slum Upgrading Working Group

Heavy metal concentrations in different tissues of Euryglossa orientalis, Chirocentrus nudus and sediments in Bahrekan Bay (the northwest of Persian Gulf)

Concentrations of Ni, V, Pb and Cu were determined in bottom sediments and liver, gills and fillet of Euryglossa orientalis and Chirocentrus nudus along the Bahrekan Bay in the Northwest part of the Persian Gulf in Iran. Sediment samples and fish species were collected during winter 2013 and spring 2014. Heavy metal analysis was performed by atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Results showed t...