Effects of Common Cooking Methods on Total Mercury and Methylmercury in Sardines and Sprats [PDF]
FoodsThe effects of household cooking on mercury speciation in whole small pelagic fish remain insufficiently understood. To address this gap, total mercury (T-Hg), methylmercury (MeHg), and Hg(II) were determined in wet whole-fish homogenates, including ...
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Effects of Age, Fulton’s Condition Index (K) and Muscle Fat on Total Mercury Content in Raw, Pre-Canning and Canned Samples of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) [PDF]
Foods, 2023 A total of 30 samples of Atlantic bluefin tuna were analysed for total mercury concentration. Relationships between total mercury content and age, Fulton’s condition index (K) and fat content were statistically evaluated. The effect of muscle status (raw,
Pierluigi Piras +6 more
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Do the total mercury concentrations detected in fish from Czech ponds represent a risk for consumers? [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Mercury is one of the important pollutants of the environment. Therefore, it’s necessary to monitor quantity of mercury especially in aquatic ecosystems.
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Total Mercury in Lake Neusiedl, Austria [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2013 Between May and September 2011 a total of 361 samples from water, sediment, macrophytes and fish tissues from the shallow, slightly alkaline Lake Neusiedl were measured for their total mercury content with cold vapour atomic absorption spectroscopy (CV ...
Jirsa F., Pirker D., Krachler R.
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Vertical Distribution of Total Mercury and Mercury Methylation in a Landfill Site in Japan [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018 Mercury is a neurotoxin, with certain organic forms of the element being particularly harmful to humans. The Minamata Convention was adopted to reduce the intentional use and emission of mercury. Because mercury is an element, it cannot be decomposed.
Yang, Jing +4 more
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Development of a reference material for mercury in fish: certified for total mercury and characterized for methylmercury [PDF]
Analytical and Bioanalytical ChemistryAbstract Reference materials (RMs) and certified reference materials (CRMs) are essential for ensuring compliance of food products with international standards. In fish, mercury content is closely monitored due to associated human health risks. This study developed and certified a CRM for total mercury (Hg) and methylmercury (MeHg) in striped
Diego A. Garzón +3 more
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Bioaccumulation of total mercury in the earthworm Eisenia andrei [PDF]
SpringerPlus, 2016 Earthworms are a major part of the total biomass of soil fauna and play a vital role in soil maintenance. They process large amounts of plant and soil material and can accumulate many pollutants that may be present in the soil. Earthworms have been explored as bioaccumulators for many heavy metal species such as Pb, Cu and Zn but limited information is
Shirley Le Roux +2 more
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Assessment of Total Mercury in Hair, Urine and Fingernails of Small–Scale Gold Miners in the Amansie West District, Ghana [PDF]
Journal of Health and Pollution, 2019 Background. Mercury (Hg) is a heavy metal that can cause several adverse health effects based on its form (organic, inorganic or elemental), duration and pathway of exposure.
Edward Ebow Kwaansa-Ansah +2 more
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Spatial and temporal variations of total mercury in Antarctic snow along the transect from Zhongshan Station to Dome A [PDF]
Tellus: Series B, Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 2014 In this study, the concentrations of total mercury (THg) and ions deposited in the surface snow and snow pits in the eastern Antarctic along the 29th inland route of the Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition were analysed. The THg concentrations
Chuanjin Li +12 more
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Scientific Opinion on the risk for public health related to the presence of mercury and methylmercury in food [PDF]
EFSA Journal, 2012 EFSA was asked by the European Commission to consider new developments regarding inorganic mercury and methylmercury toxicity and evaluate whether the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) provisional tolerable weekly intakes for ...
EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM)
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