| study of an outbreak of ciguatera fish poisoning in hong kong. | ciguatera fish poisoning (cfp) has been a significant and increasing public health problem in hong kong since 1980s. with growing demand for imported live coral fishes, the number of people who suffered from this disease has also been increasing. an outbreak of cfp in 2004 was the second most prominent in record as compared with the most significant one that occurred in 1998. in 2004, out of a total of 823 reported food poisoning outbreaks involving 3159 persons, 65 incidents (7.9%) affecting 24 ... | 2005 | 16085209 |
| the effects of mariculture on heavy metal distribution in sediments and cultured fish around the pearl river delta region, south china. | thirty-six sediment samples were collected from six mariculture sites and corresponding reference sites (approximately 200-300 m away from each mariculture site) to study the effects of mariculture on heavy metal: copper (cu), zinc (zn), chromium (cr) and lead (pb) distribution in sediments and cultured fish around the pearl river delta region, south china. the mean concentrations of cu, zn, cr and pb in all mariculture sediment samples were 109, 273, 99 and 33 mg/kg, compared with 63, 209, 56 a ... | 2016 | 26807936 |
| dna damage as a biomarker for assessing the effects of suspended solids on the orange-spotted grouper, epinephelus coioides. | in hong kong, suspended solids (ss) introduced by dredging and mud disposal activities are a major cause of mass mortality in cage-cultured marine fish. we have used dna damage in liver cells, as determined by the comet assay, to assess the impact of ss on the orange-spotted grouper epinephelus coioides. seabed sediments were collected from a heavily polluted site in victoria harbor and two less polluted sites in port shelter and mirs bay. sediments from victoria harbor contained higher levels o ... | 2010 | 20467855 |
| the measurement of bisphenol a and its analogues, perfluorinated compounds in twenty species of freshwater and marine fishes, a time-trend comparison and human health based assessment. | our previous study in 2011 reported the detection of bpa and pfaas in 20 species of marine and freshwater fishes. with an emerging evidence to suggest the metabolic-disrupting effects of bpa/pfaas in animals, the present study was aimed to provide a time-trend analysis to determine the current concentrations of pfaas and bpa in 20 commercially available hong kong species of fishes. since the manufacture and use of bpa is being prohibited in most nations, the introduction of bpa alternatives has ... | 2017 | 28552249 |