Eating tropical fruit reduces mercury exposure from fish consumption in the Brazilian Amazon

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos José Passos ◽  
Donna Mergler ◽  
Elizete Gaspar ◽  
Silmara Morais ◽  
Marc Lucotte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fish Consumption ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Mercury Exposure ◽  
Tropical Fruit

scholarly journals Longitudinal assessment of mercury exposure in schoolchildren in an urban area of the Brazilian Amazon

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 1539-1545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilene Danieli Simões Dutra ◽  
Iracina Maura de Jesus ◽  
Elisabeth C. de Oliveira Santos ◽  
Marcelo de Oliveira Lima ◽  
Renato Lopes Fernandes de Medeiros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Fish Consumption ◽  
Mercury Level ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Mercury Exposure ◽  
Longitudinal Assessment ◽  
Blood Samples ◽  
Blood Mercury ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Socioeconomic Data

This study was a longitudinal assessment of mercury exposure in schoolchildren in an urban area of the Brazilian Amazon. The study population consisted of 90 children whose exposure levels were assessed by testing mercury levels in the umbilical cord blood and mothers' blood samples in 2000-2001, and in the children's hair and blood samples. The study also used a questionnaire on demographic and socioeconomic data, fish consumption, and self-reported disease history. Mean mercury level in hair in 2010 was approximately 1µg/g, ranging up to 8.22µg/g, similar to 2004 and 2006. These figures can be explained by low fish consumption. Mean blood mercury levels at birth exceeded 10µg/L, ranging up to nearly 60µg/L, which indicates mercury transfer across the placenta. There was a significant increase in blood mercury from 2004 to 2006 (p < 0.001), suggesting exposure through air pollution. The main exposure to mercury was during pregnancy.

scholarly journals Longitudinal Study of Mercury Exposure Biomarkers Among Newborns and Their Mothers in the Brazilian Amazon

Epidemiology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (Suppl) ◽  
pp. S13
Author(s):  
V Camara ◽  
E Santos ◽  
I M Jesus ◽  
E Brabo ◽  
K Fayal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Mercury Exposure ◽  
Exposure Biomarkers

scholarly journals A preliminary study of mercury exposure and blood pressure in the Brazilian Amazon

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Myriam Fillion ◽  
Donna Mergler ◽  
Carlos José Sousa Passos ◽  
Fabrice Larribe ◽  
Mélanie Lemire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Mercury Exposure ◽  
Preliminary Study

scholarly journals Human mercury exposure levels and fish consumption at the French Riviera

Chemosphere ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 127232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariia V. Petrova ◽  
Mélanie Ourgaud ◽  
Joana R.H. Boavida ◽  
Aurèlie Dufour ◽  
Javier A. Tesán Onrubia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fish Consumption ◽  
Mercury Exposure ◽  
Exposure Levels ◽  
French Riviera

Health Care Provider Screening of Women of Childbearing Age for High Mercury Exposure from Fish Consumption

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia McCann* ◽  
Jill Korinek ◽  
Larry Souther ◽  
Joyce Klees ◽  
Teresa Borak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Provider ◽  
Care Provider ◽  
Fish Consumption ◽  
Mercury Exposure ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
High Mercury

scholarly journals Fish consumption during pregnancy, prenatal mercury exposure, and anthropometric measures at birth in a prospective mother-infant cohort study in Spain

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 1047-1055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Ramón ◽  
Ferran Ballester ◽  
Xabier Aguinagalde ◽  
Ascensión Amurrio ◽  
Jesús Vioque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Fish Consumption ◽  
Mercury Exposure ◽  
Anthropometric Measures
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