Acquacoltura e Pesca Pubblicazione scientifica Mercury pollution for marine environment at Farwa Island, Libya FILONE TECNOLOGICO TEMA economia circolare e sostenibilità produzione e cattura produzione e raccolta trasformazione e commercializzazione RIASSUNTO BackgroundFarwa is an Island in Libya receives petrochemical wastes generated from General Company of Chemical Industries (GCCI) since more than 40 years.AimThe present work aimed to determine the concentrations of mercury (Hg+2) in fish, marine plants and sediment collected from Farwa lagoon to evaluate effect of industrial wastewater from GCCI on the marine environment.MethodsHundred and twelve samples of fish, pearl oyster, cuttlefish sediments and marine plants were analyzed to determine Hg2+ concentration during the period from January to August 2014 by using Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS).ResultsThe highest concentration of Hg2+ was detected in Pinctada radiata (11.67 ± 3.30 μgg−1) followed by Serranus scriba (6.37 ± 0.11 μg g−1) and Epinephelus marginatus (6.19 ± 0.02 μg g−1). About 75 % of marine plants contained the maximum contaminations during the summer season. In fish samples Hg2+ concentrations exceeded the levels provided by international standards.ConclusionsThe fish at Farwa lagoon is heavily contaminated with Hg2+ which may represent a source for mercury poisoning for human. DATA Data di pubblicazione: 20/02/2016 AUTORI BANANA ADEL AS MOHAMED R M S RADIN AL-GHEETHI A A S RIVISTA Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 14, 5