Total mercury intake from fish and shellfish by Japanese people.
Chemosphere
; 35(12): 2909-13, 1997 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-9415980
ABSTRACT
Elevated mercury concentrations have been reported in fish in recent years. Japanese people eat a great deal of raw fishes and shellfishes as "Sashimi" and "Sushi". The action level of large predatory fish such as tuna with total mercury levels exceeding the Japanese maximum permitted limit of 0.4 ppm is exempted from regulation in Japan. Therefore, current total mercury intake from fish and shellfish of Japanese people is unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to estimate the total mercury intake from fish and shellfish. It was found that the mean total mercury concentration of 1.11 ppm in tuna of eatable base as Sashimi or Sushi was clearly higher than the normal level. The mean total mercury intake from fish and shellfish was 0.17 mg per capita per week. According to the hypothesis that 75% of total mercury in fish and shellfish is methylmercury, the weekly intake of 0.13 mg as methylmercury was corresponding amount to about 74% of provisional tolerable weekly intake 0.17 mg of methylmercury set by the Welfare Ministry of Japan.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Frutos do Mar
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Contaminação de Alimentos
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Peixes
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Mercúrio
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article