Economic benefits of methylmercury exposure control in Europe: Monetary value of neurotoxicity prevention

• Published in: Environmental Health Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 3
• Main Authors: Bellanger, Martine, Pichery, Céline, Aerts, Dominique, Berglund, Marika, Castano, Argelia, Cejchanová, Mája, Crettaz, Pierre, Davidson, Fred, Esteban, Marta, Exley, Karen, Fischer, Marc E, Gurzau, Anca Elena, Halzlova, Katarina, Katsonouri, Andromachi, Knudsen, Lisbeth E., Kolossa-Gehring, Marike, Koppen, Gudrun, Ligocka, Danuta, Miklavcic, Ana, Reis, M Fátima, Rudnai, Peter, Tratnik, Janja Snoj, Weihe, Pál, Budtz-Jørgensen, Esben, Grandjean, Philippe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Springer Science and Business Media LLC 07.01.2013; BioMed Central Ltd; BioMed Central
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; [SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Health; [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie; [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance; Analysis; Biomonitoring; Child; Complications and side effects; Cost benefit analysis; Ecology, environment; Economic aspects; Economic evaluation; Economics; Economics and Finance; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Exposure - economics; Environmental Exposure - prevention & control; Environmental health; Environmental Pollutants; Environmental Pollutants - analysis; Environmental Sciences; Europe; Exposure; Female; GDP; Gross Domestic Product; Hair; Hair - chemistry; Health; Health aspects; Health risks; Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Intelligence; JEL: I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I1 - Health/I.I1.I18 - Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health; Life Sciences; Maternal Exposure; Maternal Exposure - economics; Maternal Exposure - prevention & control; Mercury; Methylmercury; Methylmercury Compounds; Methylmercury Compounds - analysis; Neurodevelopmental deficits; Neurotoxicity; Neurotoxicity Syndromes; Neurotoxicity Syndromes - economics; Neurotoxicity Syndromes - metabolism; Neurotoxicity Syndromes - prevention & control; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Prenatal exposure; Prevention; Public health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Purchasing power parity; Quality control; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Sensitivity analysis; Studies; Europe; Spain; United States > US; Neurodevelopmental deficits; Prenatal exposure; Economic evaluation; Methylmercury
• ISSN: 1476-069X; 1476-069X
• DOI: 10.1186/1476-069x-12-3

Due to global mercury pollution and the adverse health effects of prenatal exposure to methylmercury (MeHg), an assessment of the economic benefits of prevented developmental neurotoxicity is necessary for any cost-benefit analysis. Distributions of hair-Hg concentrations among women of reproductive...