Our evolved understanding of the human health risks of mercury
Mercury (Hg) is a chemical of health concern worldwide that is now being acted upon through the Minamata Convention. Operationalizing the Convention and tracking its effectiveness requires empathy of the diversity and variation of mercury exposure and risk in populations worldwide. As part of the he...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:10073381 2023-05-15T15:04:49+02:00 Our evolved understanding of the human health risks of mercury Basu, Niladri Bastiansz, Ashley Dórea, José G. Fujimura, Masatake Horvat, Milena Shroff, Emelyn Weihe, Pál Zastenskaya, Irina 2023-02-15 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10073381/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36790578 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01831-6 en eng Springer Netherlands http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10073381/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36790578 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01831-6 © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . Ambio Global Mercury Impact Synthesis: Processes in the Southern Hemisphere Text 2023 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01831-6 2023-04-09T00:58:09Z Mercury (Hg) is a chemical of health concern worldwide that is now being acted upon through the Minamata Convention. Operationalizing the Convention and tracking its effectiveness requires empathy of the diversity and variation of mercury exposure and risk in populations worldwide. As part of the health plenary for the 15th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP), this review paper details how scientific understandings have evolved over time, from tragic poisoning events in the mid-twentieth century to important epidemiological studies in the late-twentieth century in the Seychelles and Faroe Islands, the Arctic and Amazon. Entering the twenty-first century, studies on diverse source-exposure scenarios (e.g., ASGM, amalgams, contaminated sites, cosmetics, electronic waste) from across global regions have expanded understandings and exemplified the need to consider socio-environmental variables and local contexts when conducting health studies. We conclude with perspectives on next steps for mercury health research in the post-Minamata Convention era. Text Arctic Faroe Islands Human health PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic Faroe Islands Ambio 52 5 877 896 |
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Mercury (Hg) is a chemical of health concern worldwide that is now being acted upon through the Minamata Convention. Operationalizing the Convention and tracking its effectiveness requires empathy of the diversity and variation of mercury exposure and risk in populations worldwide. As part of the health plenary for the 15th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP), this review paper details how scientific understandings have evolved over time, from tragic poisoning events in the mid-twentieth century to important epidemiological studies in the late-twentieth century in the Seychelles and Faroe Islands, the Arctic and Amazon. Entering the twenty-first century, studies on diverse source-exposure scenarios (e.g., ASGM, amalgams, contaminated sites, cosmetics, electronic waste) from across global regions have expanded understandings and exemplified the need to consider socio-environmental variables and local contexts when conducting health studies. We conclude with perspectives on next steps for mercury health research in the post-Minamata Convention era. |
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