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Total Mercury and Methylmercury Concentration in Fish and Their Reduction through Processing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This research has been conducted to study the levels of total mercury and methylmercury, and their correlation in different marine fish species available for consumption in Peninsular Malaysia.
Hajeb, Parvaneh
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The Benefits and Costs of Fish Consumption Advisories for Mercury [PDF]

open access: yes
Mercury contamination of the Chesapeake Bay is a concern to health authorities in the region. We evaluate the economic and health effects of postulated recreational and commercial fishing advisories for striped bass on the Maryland portion of the bay ...
Jakus, Paul   +2 more
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Mercury advisories: Information, education, and fish consumption [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines responses to a national FDA advisory that urged at-risk individuals to limit store-bought fish consumption due to the dangers of methyl-mercury. We investigate consumer response using both parametric and nonparametric methods.
Beatty, Timothy K.M.   +2 more
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Methylmercury demethylation and volatilization by animals expressing microbial enzymes

open access: yesNature Communications
Mercury is a highly toxic trace metal that readily biomagnifies in food webs where it is inaccessible to current bioremediation methods. Animals could potentially be engineered to detoxify mercury within their food webs to clean up impacted ecosystems ...
Kate Tepper   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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