Toxic Contamination
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Monitoring of Game and Fish (MLZ)

In 1995, for the first time, monitoring of xenobiotics presence in fish and wild animal organisms was carried out in the selected areas of different Slovak regions. Partial system MSK focuses on the monitoring of contaminants and their penetration into organisms of wild animals and fish, as fish serve as a natural water quality bioindicator and form a part of human diet. Excessive values of risk elements were recorded in Košice region (Košice – surrounding area, Trebišov, Spišská Nová Ves) and Prešov region (Bardejov and Humenné). Most frequently recorded excessive values were those of cadmium, mercury, lead and copper.

Limit values of selected risk elements in organs of game (in mg per kg)
 
 
Risk elements
Organs of game
As
Cd
Cr
Cu
Hg
Ni
Pb
Muscle
0.2
0.1
0.5
5.0
   0.05
0.5
1.0
Liver  
0.5
0.5
 
 0.1
 
0.4
                                                                            Source: ŠVS SR
 
 
Number of analyses and analyses exceeding limit values in the organs of the game and fishes according to districts of SR

Source: VÚP Bratislava
Number of analyses and analyses exceeding limit values in the organs of the “small game” in the Slovak Republic (1995)

Source: VÚP Bratislava
Number of analyses exceeding limit values of selected risk elements in the organs of “small game” in the Slovak Republic (1995)

Source: VÚP Bratislava
Number of analyses and analyses exceeding limit values of risk elements in the organs of predators monitored in the Slovak Republic (1995)

Source: VÚP Bratislava
Number of analyses and analyses exceeding limit values of risk elements in the organs of the cloven-footed game monitored in the SR (1995)

Source: VÚP Bratislava
Number of analyses exceeding limit values of selected risk elements in the organs of predators monitored in the SR (1995)
Source: VÚP Bratislava
Number of analyses exceeding limit values of selected risk elements in the organs of cloven-footed game monitored in the SR (1995)

  

Source: VÚP Bratislava
Number of analyses and analyses exceeding limit values of risk elements in the organs of fishes monitored in the SR (1995)

Source: VÚP Bratislava