Overview
This provisional ingredient page records source-specific measurements for tilapia. Its population contamination profile has not been synthesized. See Ingredients for the ingredient inventory.
Heavy metal contamination profile
| Analyte | Coverage | Typical (ppb) | Confidence | Key sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pb | pending | — | — | — |
| Cd | pending | — | — | — |
| iAs | pending | — | — | — |
| tAs | pending | — | — | — |
| tHg | pending | — | — | — |
| Ni | pending | — | — | — |
| Al | pending | — | — | — |
| Cr | pending | — | — | — |
| Sn | pending | — | — | — |
| U | pending | — | — | — |
The profile fields remain pending until an evidence synthesis supports a population estimate. Source observations are listed separately below.
References
Works cited in this page’s text, in first-appearance order. See Sources for this page’s source inventory. Each title links to its source record, which carries the ingest receipt, the extracted values, and the file hash of the document it was built from.
Sources
Auto-generated from source-page frontmatter. The "Used on this page for" column is populated by the orchestrator's POPULATE-SOURCE-LEGEND action; pending entries appear as *[awaiting synthesis]*.
| # | Citation | Year | Type | Used on this page for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shumba et al. 2025. Assessment of total mercury (Hg) in soil, sediment, and tilapia fish (Oreochromis niloticus) and health risk assessment among residents of Kitwe mining area, Zambia, Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 2025 | Peer-reviewed | ZM tHg occurrence in Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), 12–15 cm, from Kafue River tributaries near Kitwe copper mining area (n=32 mining, n=47 non-mining),… (n=79) |
| 2 | Páez-Osuna et al. 2024. Mercury and selenium in three fish species from a dam 20 months after a mine-tailing spill in the SE Gulf of California ecoregion, Mexico | 2024 | Peer-reviewed | MX tHg, Se occurrence in Cyprinus carpio, Oreochromis aureus, and Micropterus salmoides from El Comedero dam, Sinaloa, Mexico, 20 months post mine-tailing spill |
| 3 | Páez-Osuna et al. 2024. Tilapia as a model fish for biomonitoring of metal pollution in dams associated with mining watersheds: contrasting diagnosis from different tissues and health risk assessment, Environmental Geochemistry and Health | 2024 | Peer-reviewed | MX Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn occurrence in Blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) from 11 mining-watershed dams in SE Gulf of California region, Sinaloa, Mexico; collected during… (n=320) |
| 4 | Shaalan 2024. Hazardous effects of heavy metal pollution on Nile tilapia in the aquatic ecosystem of the Eastern Delta in Egypt, BMC Veterinary Research | 2024 | Peer-reviewed | EG Pb, Cd, tHg, Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn occurrence in Adult Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from Damietta branch of Nile River and El-Rayah El-Tawfeeky canal, Benha City, Egypt;… (n=120) |
| 5 | Abbas et al. 2023. Heavy Metals Assessment and Health Risk to Consumers of Two Commercial Fish Species from Polyculture Fishponds in El-Sharkia and Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt: Physiological and Biochemical Study, Biological Trace Element Research | 2023 | Peer-reviewed | EG Pb, Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn occurrence in Bolti (Oreochromis niloticus / Nile tilapia) and Topara (Chelon ramada / thinlip mullet) from 7 El-Sharkia (ES) and… (n=45) |
| 6 | Egbe et al. 2023. Heavy metal exposure risk associated with ingestion of Oreochromis niloticus and Coptodon kottae harvested from a lacustrine ecosystem, Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 2023 | Peer-reviewed | CM Pb, Cd, tAs, Cr, Ni occurrence in 10 Oreochromis niloticus and 10 Coptodon kottae (endemic cichlid) sampled from Lake Barombi Kotto, Cameroon, with water and… (n=20) |
| 7 | Marriott et al. 2023. Considerations for environmental biogeochemistry and food security for aquaculture around Lake Victoria, Kenya, Environmental Geochemistry and Health | 2023 | Peer-reviewed | KE tAs, Cd, Cr, Pb, Al, Ni occurrence in Wild and aquaculture Nile tilapia from Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria, Kenya; water collected 2018-2019 |
| 8 | Sawe et al. 2023. Assessment of Potentially Toxic Metals in Fish from Lake Manyara, Northern Tanzania, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology | 2023 | Peer-reviewed | TZ Pb, Ni, Cu occurrence in Oreochromis amphimelas (endemic Manyara tilapia) and Clarias gariepinus (African catfish) collected from 5 landing sites at Lake Manyara,… (n=100) |
| 9 | Zahran et al. 2023. Toxicity Evaluation, Oxidative, and Immune Responses of Mercury on Nile Tilapia: Modulatory Role of Dietary Nannochloropsis oculata | 2023 | Peer-reviewed | EG tHg occurrence in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, 45–50 g) in four groups (n=30/group in triplicate), exposed to 0.3 mg/L HgCl2 sub-lethal… (n=120) |
| 10 | FDA 2022. FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical Results, FDA Total Diet Study | 2022 | Government dataset | US-FDA Pb, Cd, tAs, iAs, tHg, Ni, Cr, U, Sb occurrence in 3276 prepared food, beverage and water composites across 307 TDS foods, FY2018-FY2020 US collections (n=3276) |
FDA TDS FY2018–FY2020 source observations
FDA measured the prepared foods named below. Each row describes that food and preparation, not every form of this ingredient. Values are µg/kg (ppb) on the FDA sample basis. ND means not detected; it is not a measured zero. Reporting limits can vary between composites. FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical Results
| FDA food and preparation | Analyte | Composites | Detected | Detected concentrations (ppb) | Reporting limits (ppb) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 388: Tilapia, baked | tAs | 27 | 27 | 49–290 | 3 |
| 388: Tilapia, baked | Cd | 27 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 388: Tilapia, baked | Cr | 27 | 0 | ND in all composites | 50 |
| 388: Tilapia, baked | Pb | 27 | 0 | ND in all composites | 4 |
| 388: Tilapia, baked | tHg | 27 | 27 | 1.1–20 | 1 |
| 388: Tilapia, baked | Ni | 27 | 1 | 88 | 40 |
| 388: Tilapia, baked | U | 27 | 0 | ND in all composites | 1 |
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