1983
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8352303
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Mercury in human hair due to environment and diet: a review.

Abstract: Hair mercury levels increase with the amount of fish in the diet and the amount of mercury in the fish species consumed. If hair mercury levels in people throughout the world were monitored by a standard analytical procedure, the results would indicate locations where people's body burden of mercury is high enough to be subclinically unhealthy and where controls on environmental emissions might be beneficial. The relationship of hair mercury concentration to the method of sampling and analysis of hair, the ana… Show more

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“…Organic mercury is highly toxic because of its nonpolar nature, due to which it is soluble in fats and can spread all over the body by passing through the membrane [4]. Generally, humans get exposed to methyl mercury through fish consumption which can be effectively absorbed by the digestive tract while exposure to mercury vapors (Hg 0 ) can be through lungs and skin [2]. The toxic effects of mercury were first realized and well studied when serious mercury poisoning occurred in Japan near the Minamata bay through consumption of fishes and sea foods contaminated with mercury, which was released from an industrial plant into coastal area of Minamata [5].…”
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“…Organic mercury is highly toxic because of its nonpolar nature, due to which it is soluble in fats and can spread all over the body by passing through the membrane [4]. Generally, humans get exposed to methyl mercury through fish consumption which can be effectively absorbed by the digestive tract while exposure to mercury vapors (Hg 0 ) can be through lungs and skin [2]. The toxic effects of mercury were first realized and well studied when serious mercury poisoning occurred in Japan near the Minamata bay through consumption of fishes and sea foods contaminated with mercury, which was released from an industrial plant into coastal area of Minamata [5].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…High affinity for sulfhydryl groups enables both organic and inorganic mercury to destroy every kind of living cell [6]. Brain cell and nerves can be damaged by methyl mercury while inorganic mercury can target endocrine, urogenital and cardiovascular system [2] as it has the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier [1].…”
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