da Silva Brenda T S, Lopes Mônica da C, Cruz Allan da S, Borges Charles M, Batista Camila V, Carvalho Fábio I M, Venturieri Giorgio C, Dantas Filho Heronides A, Fernandes Dantas Kelly G
Grupo de Espectrometria Analítica Aplicada, Faculdade de Química, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará 66075-110, Brazil.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos, Instituto de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil.
Toxicol Rep. 2025 Mar 4;14:101981. doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2025.101981. eCollection 2025 Jun.
Honey has nutritional and therapeutic properties that bring various health benefits. Heavy metals are a major source of environmental pollution. The aim of this study was to determine mercury levels in honey samples from the Brazilian eastern amazon using a direct mercury analyzer (DMA) and human health risk assessment. The levels of Hg found in the samples ranged from 0.10 to 0.73 ng g, except for 13 samples which were below the detection limit. The values estimates of average dietary exposure to total mercury in honey for adults were below the PTWI (4 µg kg), thus presenting a low risk for the percentage of exposure, and the target hazard quotient (THQ) evaluation obtained values below 1. This study shown that Hg are accumulating in honey, presumably facilitated by dietary sources of the bees and direct environmental exposure.
蜂蜜具有营养和治疗特性，能带来多种健康益处。重金属是环境污染的主要来源。本研究的目的是使用直接测汞仪（DMA）测定巴西东部亚马逊地区蜂蜜样品中的汞含量，并进行人体健康风险评估。除13个样品低于检测限外，样品中汞的含量范围为0.10至0.73纳克/克。成人通过食用蜂蜜摄入总汞的平均膳食暴露值估计低于暂定每周耐受摄入量（PTWI，4微克/千克），因此暴露百分比风险较低，目标危害商数（THQ）评估值低于1。本研究表明，汞在蜂蜜中积累，推测这是由蜜蜂的食物来源和直接环境暴露促成的。
