ArticleJournal of toxicology2015
Ecological Risk Assessment of Metal Pollution along Greater Cairo Sector of the River Nile, Egypt, Using Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, as Bioindicator.
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- Yeast prebiotics mitigate lead toxicity in Nile tilapia through physiological and ultrastructural improvements.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Dietary genistein alleviates arsenic trioxide-induced ionoregulatory disruption, oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum stress, and apoptotic gene expression in the gills and kidneys of Oreochromis niloticus.Veterinary research communications · 2026Article
- Dietary grape seed extract mitigated growth retardation, hormonal delay, and gastrointestinal toxicity induced by insecticide imidacloprid in Nile tilapia.Fish physiology and biochemistry · 2025Article
- Seasonal Variability and Sex-Specific Accumulation of Trace Metals in Black Scorpionfish (Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Neem leaf powder (Azadirachta indica) mitigates oxidative stress and pathological alterations triggered by lead toxicity in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Potential health risk assessment for heavy metals in Tilapia fish of different spatiotemporal monitoring patterns in Kafr El-Shaikh and El-Faiyum Governorates of Egypt.Toxicology reports · 2023Article
- Risk Assessment and Hazardous Effects of Metal Contamination in O. niloticus and S. galilaeus from Four Islands of the River Nile.Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2022Article
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- Comparative study on the toxic effects of some heavy metals on the Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, in the Middle Delta, Egypt.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018Article
- Contamination and Ecological Hazard Assessment of Heavy Metals in Freshwater Sediments and Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Fish Muscles in a Nile River Canal in Egypt.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018Article
- Body Condition Peaks at Intermediate Parasite Loads in the Common Bully Gobiomorphus cotidianus.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
The present work aims to evaluate seasonal metal pollution along Greater Cairo sector of the River Nile, Egypt, using wild Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, as bioindicator and to conduct a risk assessment for human consumers. Greater Cairo is the largest populated area along the whole course of River Nile with a wide range of anthropogenic activities. Effects of metal pollution on fish body indices were studied using condition factor (CF) and scaled mass index (SMI). Metal pollution index (MPI) showed that the total metal load in fish organs followed the follwoing order: kidney > liver > gill > muscle which gives a better idea about the target organs for metal accumulation. Metal concentrations in fish muscle (edible tissue) showed the following arrangement: Fe > Zn > Cu > Mn > Pb > Cd. Metal's bioaccumulation factor (BAF) in fish muscle showed the following arrangement: Zn > Cu > Fe > Mn > Cd and Pb. The hazard index (HI) as an indicator of human health risks associated with fish consumption showed that adverse health effects are not expected to occur in most cases. However, the metals' cumulative risk effects gave an alarming sign specifically at high fish consumption rates.
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