Impact of mercury released from permafrost on food safety in Switzerland ...

• Main Author: Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2024
• Subjects: food safety; climate change; methylmercury; thawing permafrost; chemical contaminant; fish; arctic cod; Switzerland; human health and safety; food contamination; mercury; Arctic; Arctic cod; Climate change; Human health; permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10630257; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10630257

The Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) is providing a report intended to serve as a basis for discussion on the impact of mercury released from permafrost on Switzerland’s food safety. In order to identify the relevant fish that might indicate the mercury exposure of the Swiss population and to monitor possible changes in the situation in the coming years, the data available in the scientific literature and databases were reviewed. It covers only certain aspects of data interpretation and does not claim to be comprehensive. ... : CH;PDF;[e-mail] ...