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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, Nicolò Pietro Paolo Macciotta, Domenico Meloni, Andrea Sanna, Maurizio Cossu, Severyn Salis, Giannina Chessa   +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.
Sehonova Pavla, Harustiakova Danka, Mikula Premysl, Medkova Denisa, Malacova Kristyna, Svobodova Zdenka   +5 more
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An overview of worldwide and regional time trends in total mercury levels in human blood and breast milk from 1966 to 2015 and their associations with health effects

Environment International, 2019
Background: Mercury is a pollutant of global concern. To protect human health and environment from mercury pollution, the Minamata Convention on mercury entered into force in 2017.
Brij Mohan Sharma, Ondřej Sáňka, Jiří Kalina, Martin Scheringer   +3 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, Edward Kwaku Armah, Francis Opoku   +2 more
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A Cross-Sectional Survey on Knowledge and Perceptions of Health Risks Associated with Arsenic and Mercury Contamination from Artisanal Gold mining in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
An estimated 0.5 to 1.5 million informal miners, of whom 30-50% are women, rely on artisanal mining for their livelihood in Tanzania. Mercury, used in the processing gold ore, and arsenic, which is a constituent of some ores, are common occupational ...
A Vreedzaa, AR Zxsmann, Deborah Dewey, Deborah SK Thomas, Elias Charles, Eveline Konje, G Hilson, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland – GEUS, H Taylor, ILO, J Conant, JB Jønsson, JB Wickre, JR Ikingura, K Islam, K Phan, M Argos, M Joseph, Mark Davey, MM Veiga, MMR Sarker, NJ Langford, P Van Straaten, PL Smedley, R Chouinard, S Bose-O'Reilly, S Bose-O’Reilly, S Wagner, Sospatro E Ngallaba, SW Al-Rmalli, Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS), Zanzibar AIDS Commission (ZAC), National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS), Macro International Inc, The Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Project (MMSD), The National Academy of Sciences, United Nations Development Programme, WD James, WJ Crinnion   +35 more
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Mercury and methylmercury in plants from differently contaminated sites in Slovakia

Plant, Soil and Environment, 2005
Concentrations of methylmercury (MeHg) and total mercury (Hgtotal) were investigated in green leaves of herbs, deciduous and coniferous trees in 9 sites in Slovakia (the transect Žiar nad Hronom - Vtáčnik, Banská Štiavnica, Rudňany).
R. Dombaiová
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Determination of total mercury in muscle, intestines, liver and kidney tissues of cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) and Eurasian buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Veterinární Medicína, 2005
The total mercury concentrations in four tissues (muscle, intestines, liver and kidney) of aquatic birds (cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo and great crested grebe - Podiceps cristatus) and Eurasian buzzard (Buteo buteo) were determined by cold vapour ...
P. Houserova, J. Hedbavny, D. Matejicek, S. Kracmar, J. Sitko, V. Kuban   +5 more
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Effect of diet on the capacity to remove mercury from the body of a penguin (Spheniscus demersus) living in the ZOO

E3S Web of Conferences, 2013
Birds due to its position in the trophic chain are good monitors of the marine environment in terms of mercury contamination. For the proper interpretation of results it is necessary to know both the processes of accumulation of this metal in their ...
Falkowska L., Szumiło E., Hajdryh J., Grajewska A., Bełdowska M., Krause I.   +5 more
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Relationships between total and organic mercury concentrations in tissues and length of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) from the Portuguese coast

Ciencias Marinas, 2006
Total and organic mercury concentrations were determined in the liver, kidney, muscle, skin, brain and blubber collected from 12 common dolphins, Delphinus delphis, stranded along the Portuguese coast between 1998 and 2003.
P Cecilio, J Raimundo, J Canário, C Vale, M Sequeira   +4 more
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Total mercury exposure risk and selenium content measuring on fishery products consumed by women of childbearing age from Bogota, Colombia

Vitae, 2021
Background. Dietary exposure to mercury in women of childbearing age could result in neurological effects on the fetus. A health risk assessment of total mercury by fishery products intake has not been conducted in this population group in Bogota ...
Andrea del Pilar Mojica Cortes, Jaime Alberto Guerrero Montilla, Iván Camilo Sánchez Barrera, Jhonny Eddison Vargas Hernández, Luz Adriana Ruíz Pérez, Diana Patricia Castro Aguilar, Oscar Alberto Noreña Trigos, Ruth Castellanos García, Diana María Pérez Castiblanco   +8 more
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