Determinação de cádmio e chumbo em peixes da espécie geophagus brasiliensis, no rio Paraíba do Sul, entre os municípios de Barra Mansa e Pinheiral

Abstract

Knowing that the fish are bio-accumulators of aquatic contaminants and thus pose risks to its consumers which may extend such pollutants into the food chain, this study aims to determine the levels of cadmium and lead present in the species of Cichlid fish (Geophagus brasiliensis), traditional consumption of the local population, due to the large number of individuals in the industrial region of South Fluminense, in Paraíba do Sul, state of Rio de Janeiro and to compare the concentration ranges of these trace elements with data established by ANVISA using these fish as bioindicators of the regions studied. Fish were caught along the Paraíba do Sul River, in the municipalities of Pinheiral, Barra Mansa and Volta Redonda. The identification and quantification of metals were achieved by a pre-concentration system based on adsorption by a metal chelating resin (chelex100) coupled in line with an atomic absorption flame spectrometry ("F-AAS"). The method of preconcentration allowed cadmium detection levels greater than the detection limit of the "FAAS" and compared to the values established by ANVISA indicated that the fish would be unfit for human consumption. In the analyzes of pre-concentration for lead, no significant signal to be compared, presenting only equipment noise signals. Cadmium and lead were chosen for analysis since they are regulated as inorganic contaminants by ANVISA and was not found in the literature no data on these metals in Geophagus brasiliensis