Robin,

The Food and Drug Administration has some information concerning heavy metal
levels in shellfish that might be of interest to you.

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/guid-sf.html


Aydin Orstan

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> From: Rattray, Robin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 13:08
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> Subject: heavy metals in conch
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> -- [ From: Rattray, Robin * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
>
> Dear All,
>
> I hope this is an appropriate question for
> this list. I am not a collector, but an analytical
> chemist and a researcher at the University of the
> West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.
> We have been asked to  measure levels of mercury in
> exports of Queen Conch from Jamaica to satisfy
> European Union import standards.
> We are doing the analyses quite easily, but as a research
> scientist I am more interested in potential for publication
> of these results. We will be adding  a suite of about 7 other
> elements to the analysis, including Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead,
> Zinc, and Selenium. I am particularly interested since we
> have found unusually high levels of some of these elements
> in soils and sediments in Jamaica.
>
> I am wondering if there has been any previous work in this
> area, such as a database of heavy elements in molluscs that
> could serve as a comparison dataset. Of course I will also be
> using the conventional literature search channels to try to
> turn up any relevant information.
>
> Thanks for any advice that any list member may
> be able to provide.
>
> Robin.
>
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