Do recent data from the Seychelles Islands alter the conclusions of the NRC Report on the toxicological effects of methylmercury?
In 2000, the National Research Council (NRC), an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, released a report entitled, "Toxicological Effects of Methylmercury." The overall conclusion of that report was that, at levels of exposure in some fish- and marine mammal-consuming communities (inclu...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:365028 2023-05-15T16:10:51+02:00 Do recent data from the Seychelles Islands alter the conclusions of the NRC Report on the toxicological effects of methylmercury? Stern, Alan H Jacobson, Joseph L Ryan, Louise Burke, Thomas A 2004-01-30 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC365028 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14754462 https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-3-2 en eng BioMed Central http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC365028 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14754462 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-3-2 Copyright © 2004 Stern et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL. Commentary Text 2004 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-3-2 2013-08-29T21:35:19Z In 2000, the National Research Council (NRC), an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, released a report entitled, "Toxicological Effects of Methylmercury." The overall conclusion of that report was that, at levels of exposure in some fish- and marine mammal-consuming communities (including those in the Faroe Islands and New Zealand), subtle but significant adverse effects on neuropsychological development were occurring as a result of in utero exposure. Since the release of that report, there has been continuing discussion of the public health relevance of current levels of exposure to Methylmercury. Much of this discussion has been linked to the release of the most recent longitudinal update of the Seychelles Island study. It has recently been posited that these findings supercede those of the NRC committee, and that based on the Seychelles findings, there is little or no risk of adverse neurodevelopmental effects at current levels of exposure. In this commentary, members of the NRC committee address the conclusions from the NRC report in light of the recent Seychelles data. We conclude that no evidence has emerged since the publication of the NRC report that alters the findings of that report. Text Faroe Islands PubMed Central (PMC) Faroe Islands New Zealand Environmental Health 3 1 |
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In 2000, the National Research Council (NRC), an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, released a report entitled, "Toxicological Effects of Methylmercury." The overall conclusion of that report was that, at levels of exposure in some fish- and marine mammal-consuming communities (including those in the Faroe Islands and New Zealand), subtle but significant adverse effects on neuropsychological development were occurring as a result of in utero exposure. Since the release of that report, there has been continuing discussion of the public health relevance of current levels of exposure to Methylmercury. Much of this discussion has been linked to the release of the most recent longitudinal update of the Seychelles Island study. It has recently been posited that these findings supercede those of the NRC committee, and that based on the Seychelles findings, there is little or no risk of adverse neurodevelopmental effects at current levels of exposure. In this commentary, members of the NRC committee address the conclusions from the NRC report in light of the recent Seychelles data. We conclude that no evidence has emerged since the publication of the NRC report that alters the findings of that report. |
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Do recent data from the Seychelles Islands alter the conclusions of the NRC Report on the toxicological effects of methylmercury? |
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