Methylmercury Blood Guidance Values for Canada

Overview

Journal Can J Public Health

Publisher Springer Nature

Specialty Public Health

Date 2010 Apr 7

PMID 20364534

Citations 27

Authors

Melissa Legrand

Mark Feeley

Constantine Tikhonov

Deborah Schoen

Angela Li-Muller

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Abstract

Exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) from fish and marine mammal consumption continues to present a public health concern. To date, developmental neurotoxicity is the most sensitive health outcome, forming the basis for health-risk assessments and the derivation of biomonitoring guidance values. This article summarizes existing Health Canada MeHg blood guidance values for general population and expands them to include a harmonized provisional interim blood guidance value of 8 microg/L based on the existing provisional Tolerable Daily Intake for children, pregnant women and women of childbearing age. Associated public health actions, according to age, sex, and level of exposure are recommended.

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