Benefit-risk assessment of fish consumption for Beneris
Contents
Scope
Net health effects of fish consumption D↷
Purpose
Net health effects of fish consumption due to intake of beneficial nutrients and constituents and on the other hand, exposure to environmental contaminants taken up by fish. This assessment also evaluates the effects of methyl mercury and omega-3 fatty acids on development of IQ in children.
Boundaries
- Environmental contaminants relevant from the human health point of view and thus included in the assessment are:
- polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F)
- polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)
- mercury as methyl mercury (MetHg)
- Nutritional constituents relevant from the human health point of view include a wide variety of effects and can be viewed from Benefit-risk assessment of fish and related policy options under title "Health consequences attributable to fish consumption". However, readily usable beneficial constituents with quantitative dose-response information available included in the assessment are:
- omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)
- iodine (I)
- selenium (Se)
- Current situation (BAU)
Beneris population
The Beneris population is defined as the general population (all age groups, all socioeconomic groups) in
- Finland
- Ireland
- Spain
- Denmark
Scenarios
BAU-type assessment (business-as-usual assessment), i.e. a burden-of-disease assessment with only one decision scenario. D↷
Intended users
Experts, researchers and decision makers in the field of environmental health, anyone interested and concerned with beneficial and hazardous constituents in fish species in the markets.
Participants
Participation basically completely open. Some parts containing original data will be protected.
- Everyone interested
- Beneris researchers (full access to the protected parts)
Definition
Variables
- Decision variables: None at the moment D↷
- Indicators: See health effect variables in the table below
- Other variables: See table
Nutritional benefits and risks of PCDD/F exposure of fish consumption in Finnish children and adults Analytica model |
Beneris:Risk assessment of MeHg and n-3 fatty acids in fish |
Indexes
Fish species |
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Nutrients |
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Age categorizations were chosen in order to describe health effects of fish consumption in infants (0-2 years, this class includes prenatal period as well), adolescent (2-18 years) and adults (18-55 years).
Age categories (years) |
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