Open AccessMercury in Our Food
Author(s) -
Pablo A. Nogara,
Marcelo Farina,
Michael Aschner,
João Batista Teixeira da Rocha
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemical research in toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1520-5010
pISSN - 0893-228X
DOI - 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00126
Subject(s) - methylmercury , mercury (programming language) , food chain , ingestion , offspring , environmental chemistry , zoology , trophic level , biology , aquatic ecosystem , aquatic environment , toxicology , chemistry , pregnancy , ecology , bioaccumulation , endocrinology , genetics , computer science , programming language
The methylation of mercuric mercury (Hg 2+ ) in the aquatic sediments produces methylmercury (CH 3 Hg + ), which is biomagnified along the food chain. The ingestion of piscivorous fish or aquatic mammals by pregnant women is of concern because it can cause long-lasting neurobehavioral deficits in their offspring.
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