Cargando…

Mercury, Food Webs, and Marine Mammals: Implications of Diet and Climate Change for Human Health

We modeled the flow of methyl mercury, a toxic global pollutant, in the Faroe Islands marine ecosystem and compared average human methyl mercury exposure from consumption of pilot whale meat and fish (cod, Gadus morhua) with current tolerable weekly intake (TWI) levels. Under present conditions and...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Booth, Shawn, Zeller, Dirk
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institue of Environmental Health Sciences 2005
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1257541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15866757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.7603