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Methylmercury in Marine Ecosystems: From Sources to Seafood Consumers -- A Work Group Report
Citation:
Chen, C. Y., N. Serrell, D. C. Evers, B. J. Fleishman, K. F. Lambert, J. Weiss, R. P. Mason, AND M. S. Bank. Methylmercury in Marine Ecosystems: From Sources to Seafood Consumers -- A Work Group Report. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, NC.
Impact/Purpose:
The goal was to articulate research and monitoring priorities to better understand how marine food webs have become contaminated with methyl mercury and the potential exposure to humans.
Description:
Consumption of marine fish and shellfish is a major route of human exposure to methyl mercury. This paper is the result of a workshop by the Dartmouth Toxic Metals Research Program in November 2006 on "Fate and Bioavailability of Mercury in Aquatic Ecosystems and Effects on Human Exposure."