Toxicity of mercury: Molecular evidence

L Yang, Y Zhang, F Wang, Z Luo, S Guo, U Strähle - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Minamata disease in Japan and the large-scale poisoning by methylmercury (MeHg) in Iraq
caused wide public concerns about the risk emanating from mercury for human health …

What are the toxicological effects of mercury in Arctic biota?

R Dietz, C Sonne, N Basu, B Braune, T O'Hara… - Science of the Total …, 2013 - Elsevier
This review critically evaluates the available mercury (Hg) data in Arctic marine biota and the
Inuit population against toxicity threshold values. In particular marine top predators exhibit …

Mercury as a global pollutant: sources, pathways, and effects

CT Driscoll, RP Mason, HM Chan… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant that affects human and ecosystem health. We synthesize
understanding of sources, atmosphere-land-ocean Hg dynamics and health effects, and …

Methylmercury exposure in wildlife: a review of the ecological and physiological processes affecting contaminant concentrations and their interpretation

J Chételat, JT Ackerman, CA Eagles-Smith… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) can result in detrimental health effects in wildlife. With
advances in ecological indicators and analytical techniques for measurement of MeHg in a …

A state‐of‐the‐art review of indigenous peoples and environmental pollution

Á Fernández‐Llamazares… - Integrated …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Indigenous peoples (IPs) worldwide are confronted by the increasing threat of pollution.
Based on a comprehensive review of the literature (n= 686 studies), we present the current …

Mercury in cetaceans: exposure, bioaccumulation and toxicity

JL Kershaw, AJ Hall - Science of The Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The fate and transportation of mercury in the marine environment are driven by a
combination of anthropogenic atmospheric and aquatic sources, as well as natural …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress on our understanding of the biological effects of mercury in fish and wildlife in the Canadian Arctic

A Scheuhammer, B Braune, HM Chan, H Frouin… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
This review summarizes our current state of knowledge regarding the potential biological
effects of mercury (Hg) exposure on fish and wildlife in the Canadian Arctic. Although Hg in …

Health effects from long-range transported contaminants in Arctic top predators: an integrated review based on studies of polar bears and relevant model species

C Sonne - Environment international, 2010 - Elsevier
The aim of this review is to provide a thorough overview of the health effects from the
complexed biomagnified mixture of long-range transported industrial organochlorines …

[HTML][HTML] State of knowledge on current exposure, fate and potential health effects of contaminants in polar bears from the circumpolar Arctic

H Routti, TC Atwood, T Bechshoft, A Boltunov… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is among the Arctic species exposed to the highest
concentrations of long-range transported bioaccumulative contaminants, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Mercury in the marine environment of the Canadian Arctic: review of recent findings

B Braune, J Chételat, M Amyot, T Brown… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
This review summarizes data and information which have been generated on mercury (Hg)
in the marine environment of the Canadian Arctic since the previous Canadian Arctic …