The Toxicology of Mercury

To the Editor: As a public health official who has been raising the consciousness of my community with regard to the potential hazards of eating mercury-containing fish, I am disturbed by the review article on mercury by Clarkson and colleagues (Oct. 30 issue). 1 The Environmental Protection Agency,...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 350; no. 9; pp. 945 - 947
Main Author Block, Lawrence S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 26.02.2004
Subjects
Animals
Dental Amalgam
Fishes
Food Contamination
Humans
Maximum Allowable Concentration
Mercury - toxicity
Methylmercury Compounds - toxicity
United States
United States
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Summary:To the Editor: As a public health official who has been raising the consciousness of my community with regard to the potential hazards of eating mercury-containing fish, I am disturbed by the review article on mercury by Clarkson and colleagues (Oct. 30 issue). 1 The Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, and the health departments of most states have not published advisories or reference doses on mercury in fish, for nebulous reasons. Over the past 30 years, the level of mercury that we know is associated with a harmful effect has declined significantly, as has the regulatory standard for . . .
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM200402263500919