Exposure Assessment of methyl mercury from consumption of fish and seafood in Peninsular Malaysia

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 29; no. 17; pp. 24816 - 24832
• Main Authors: Ahmad, Nurul Izzah, Mahiyuddin, Wan Rozita Wan, Azmi, Wan Nurul Farah Wan, Azlee, Ruzanaz Syafira Ruzman, Shaharudin, Rafiza, Sulaiman, Lokman Hakim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Aged; Animals; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Bioaccumulation; Cephalopoda; Cephalopods; Consumption; Consumption patterns; Crustacea; Crustaceans; demersal fish; Demographics; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; elderly; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; exposure assessment; Female; females; Fish; fish consumption; Fishes; Food additives; Food Contamination - analysis; Freshwater fish; Hazard assessment; Health hazards; Health risks; human health; Humans; Malaysia; Male; males; Marine fish; Mercury; Mercury (metal); Mercury - analysis; Methylmercury; methylmercury compounds; Methylmercury Compounds - analysis; nationalities and ethnic groups; Older people; pelagic fish; pollution; Quotients; Research Article; Risk Assessment; Seafood; Seafood - analysis; seafoods; Shellfish; Teenagers; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Water pollution effects; Malaysia; Seafood; Fish; Food safety; Malaysia; Methyl mercury; Exposure assessment

The concentration of meHg in freshwater fish and seafood was investigated, as well as the consumption patterns of fish and seafood by different demographic groups (age, ethnicity, gender). A potential alarm for human health hazards was also assessed, and the results were compared to the provisional...