Mercury and health

User icon André Avorio
13 January 2022
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All humans are exposed to some level of mercury. Most people are exposed to low levels of mercury, often through chronic exposure (continuous or intermittent long term contact). However, some people are exposed to high levels of mercury, including acute exposure (exposure occurring over a short period of time, often less than a day).


AMAP: Arctic Monitoring And Assessment Programme · 8 November 2011 English

Previous AMAP assessments of mercury in the Arctic published in 1997 and 2002, reported that a substantial amount of the mercury in the Arctic arrives via long-range transport from human …


desLibris · 8 March 2016 English

This assessment is a synthesis of scientific research that has been undertaken in Canada over the past 20 years to understand the status of mercury in the Canadian environment and …


neurotoxicity Table A6.6. Mercury concentrations in polar bear and human hair. Concentrations expressed in μg/g dw. See also Figure 6.11. Species Location Year Age N Median Min Max Source Polar …