Patterns of fish and whale consumption in relation to methylmercury in hair among residents of Western Canadian Arctic communities

• Published in: BMC Public Health
• Main Authors: Walker, Emily V., Yuan, Yan, Girgis, Safwat, Goodman, Karen J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2020
• Subjects: Research Article; Aklavik; Arctic; Fort McPherson; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Old Crow
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7339417/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32631282; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09133-2

BACKGROUND: Methylmercury contamination of the environment represents a substantial environmental health concern. Human exposure to methylmercury occurs primarily through consumption of fish and marine mammals. Heavily exposed subgroups include sport or subsistence fishers residing in Arctic communi...