Mercury Levels in the Hair Of Indigenous Population of the Coastal Area of the Vologda Region, Russia
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- 10.2991/isees-18.2018.22How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- mercury in hair, fish consumption, methylmercury
- Abstract
Mercury or hydrargyrum (Hg) is an important neurotoxin for living organisms. Small doses of mercury can cause various disorders of the nervous system. The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) has established recommended levels of mercury in hair (<1 mg / kg). The main source of mercury for human body is fish. In the period from 2017 to 2018, 231 residents of the coastal region of North-West Russia were examined for the determination of mercury in their hair. The average mercury content in the hair was 1.139 mg / kg. No difference in the level of mercury between men (mean = 1.222 mg / kg) and women (mean = 1.099 mg / kg) was found. The smallest amount of mercury is noted in the hair of people under 27 years old (0.579 mg / kg). A correlation was established between the amount of mercury in the hair and the amount of fish consumption. The concentration of mercury in the hair of people who consume fish several times a week (2.001 mg / kg) is 2 times higher than in the hair of people who consume fish less than 1 time per month is (1.070 mg / kg).
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - O.Y. Rumiantseva AU - E.S. Ivanova AU - A.S. Elizarova AU - V.T. Komov AU - N.Y. Podduobnaia PY - 2018/12 DA - 2018/12 TI - Mercury Levels in the Hair Of Indigenous Population of the Coastal Area of the Vologda Region, Russia BT - Proceedings of the International Symposium “Engineering and Earth Sciences: Applied and Fundamental Research” (ISEES 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 112 EP - 116 SN - 2352-5401 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/isees-18.2018.22 DO - 10.2991/isees-18.2018.22 ID - Rumiantseva2018/12 ER -