Cancer Risk Research through Seafood Consumption in the Human body conducted via Jagannath University, Dhaka

Seafood consumption should not be ignored because the cancer risk for the coastal people due to metal exposure. Exposure to high lead levels can severely damage the brain, liver, and kidneys and ultimately cause death. Even lead may cause miscarriage to pregnant women. 

The carcinogenic risk for As was close to the unacceptable range in crustacean and fish species, whereas that of Cd was higher than the unacceptable value in both groups. In the case of Pb, the lowest limit that indicated negligence is lower than 10⁻⁶ in fish, but the highest limit, which lies between 10⁻⁶ and 10⁻⁴ indicated an acceptable range in both group of species.

According to USEPA 1989, 2010, the excess cancer risk lower than 10⁻⁶ is considered to be negligible, the cancer risk above 10⁻⁴ is considered unacceptable, and risks that lie between 10⁻⁶ and 10⁻⁴ are considered acceptable.

Research Article l Elsevier : Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety : 159(2018) : 153-163 l https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.04.035

Researchers of Jagannath University, Dhaka identified and counted River dolphin in the Turag River

Ganges river dolphins are scientific name Platanista gangetica gangetica. Also it’s known as “shusuk” in Bangla. These aquatic animals are threatened in Bangladesh due to dams, water pollution, small and large embankment schemes, and fisheries bycatch. Other threats to the Ganges river dolphin in the Buriganga and Turag River include boat traffic from motor vessels of different types and size. River dolphins are not very widely distributed; they are all restricted to certain rivers or deltas.

Research team of the department of Zoology, Jagannath University, Dhaka in Bangladesh has frequently seen the dolphins to avoid vessels in the Buriganga and Turag River. It’s one of four species of freshwater dolphins found globally. 

Various anthropogenic activities including industrial and domestic pollution, boat traffic, reduced water flow and prey depletion mainly in the dry season, and housing/land development projects along the Turag River are potential threats for the long-term survival of the Ganges river dolphin.

Research Article l International Journal of Zoology l Volume 2017 l Article ID 8964821 l https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8964821

Herman Wanningen (Director Strategy & Development, World Fish Migration Foundation) and WFMD team taken initiative for fish, river and people. Some of you may have already seen some of this information on the WFMD Facebook page.The World Fish Migration Day 2018 documentary trailer is ready and just released on social media channels. See below for the background info and feel free to share this with colleagues.

 

Watch the trailer for our upcoming documentary about World Fish Migration Day! Featuring amazing footage from this year's event and all the people that worked so hard to make a change and connect fish, rivers and people!

Happy fish and Happy life

In 21 may 2018, successfully completed the event “Happy Fish and Happy life” in Bangladesh through Biodiversity Conservation & Fisheries Research Center (BCFRC). All participants are joined in the paper cutting program to concern dam removal for free swimming Happy Fish. Happy fish man Md Muzammel Hossain is leading the awareness program from 2014.  According to his idea all children, student and teacher join in the event and celebrate world fish migration day 2018. This event was also held in the river of Buriganga and Turag, Dhaka. Children visited river to observe river dolphin and fish. Children also observe how to operate fishing gear and how to catch fish. Buriganga and Turag river pass is the most important water body in the capital city of Dhaka, Bangladesh.  Happy fish man recorded 56 freshwater fish from most polluted river Buriganga which has published in the Bangladesh Journal of Zoology , Vol 45, No.1 (2017).  During his research he has also concern human health risk in the local area of Buriganga River, Dhaka which has published in the Springer : Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22(20) . Due to water pollution most of the fish was fingerling and can’t grow in the water for long time that it was ecological risk for cancer.  Local people were caught the fish to eat on lunch and dinner time but local people don’t know about health risk. In 2016 to 2017, as a research fellow he has completed another article from sea sources Bay of Bengal through Department of Zoology, Jagannath University, Dhaka which has published in the Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety journal.