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Mercury Information


Blood Organic Mercury and Dietary Mercury Intake: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 and 2000 - Env. Health Perspectives

The Chemical Form of Mercury in Fish - Science Magazine
Commercial Fish: Eat Up, Despite Low Levels of Mercury - U. of Rochester

Database: National Survey of Mercury Concentrations in Fish (1990-1995) - US EPA
Dietary and Tissue Selenium in Relation to Methylmercury Toxicity - N. V.C. Ralston, el. al (in NeuroToxicology, Vol. 29, Issue 5, Sept. 2008, Pages 802-811) - ScienceDirect
Draft Risk and Benefit Assessment Report and Summary of Published Research on Methylmercury (January 2009) - FDA

An Exposure Assessment for Methylmercury from Seafood for Consumers in the US* 28 p. - US FDANEW

An Intervention Analysis for the Reduction of Exposure to Methylmercury from the Consumption of Seafood by Women of Child-bearing Age* 20 p. (11/2003) - US FDA
Issues Regarding Mercury in Pacific Northwest Seafood (2 p.)* - Oregon State U.

Mercury - US EPA
Mercury Content of Oregon Groundfish
* - Oregon State U.

Mercury in Commercial and Sport-caught Fish: Apples and Oranges* 4 p. (8/2009)NEW

Mercury in Fish Resources List - USDA
Mercury in Perspective, Fact and Fiction about the Debate over Mercury (2005)* 33 p. - US House Resources Comm.
Mercury in Seafood: Facts and Discrepancies (M. Morrissey, 2006)* 1 p. -  posted with permission from IFT
Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish - US FDA
Mercury in Seafood - UC Davis
Mercury Study Report to Congress - US EPA
Methylmercury: Human Exposure - EPA
Methylmercury in Sportfish: Information for Fish Consumers - CA OEHHA

Methylmercury Poses Conundrum for Consumers  - Seafood Business
Methylmercury, Toxicological Effects of - National Academy Press

National Advice for Women and Children on Mercury in Fish - US EPA
National Forum on Contaminants in Fish 2004: Mercury Issues - US EPA

New Guidance on Eating Shark, Swordfish and Marlin - UK Food Standards Agency

A Pooled Analysis of the Iraqi and Seychelles Methylmercury Studies* 28 p - US FDANEW
Prenatal Methylmercury Exposure from Ocean Fish Consumption in the Seychelles Child Development Study by Myers, et al., The Lancet, Vol. 361, Issue 9370 pages 1686 and 1667) News Release - NEWSWISE
Proposition 65 - CA OEHHA
Proposition 65 - Mercury in Seafood - California Grocers Association

UN Committee Recommends New Dietary Intake Limits for Mercury - WHO


What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish (Advisory for women of child-bearing age and children) - US FDA/EPA
What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish (Advisory for women of child-bearing age and children) (Spanish, Cambodian, Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Portugese, and Vietnamese translations) - US FDA/EPA


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