As technology continues to advance, heavy metals in drinking water have exceeded
recommended limits from regulators around the world. The main source of human exposure …

Methylmercury contamination of the environment is an important issue globally, and birds
are useful bioindicators for mercury monitoring programs. The available data on mercury …

Abstract The Minamata Convention on Mercury (MC) includes provisions for a global
monitoring program (GMP) and effectiveness evaluation (EE) to provide information on …

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 …

Monitoring mercury (Hg) levels in biota is considered an important objective for the
effectiveness evaluation of the Minamata Convention. While many studies have …

Mercury (Hg), a potent neurotoxin posing risks to human health, is cycled through vegetation
uptake, which is susceptible to climate change impacts. However, the extent and pattern of …

Anthropogenic pollution is increasingly pervasive throughout all ecosystems worldwide. In
recent years, negative consequences on many taxa, such as birds, have been observed. We …

An important provision of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is to monitor and evaluate
the effectiveness of the adopted measures and its implementation. Here, we describe for the …

Methylmercury contamination of fish is a global threat to environmental health. Mercury (Hg)
monitoring programs are valuable for generating data that can be compiled for spatially …

Birds are used as bioindicators of environmental mercury (Hg) contamination, and toxicity
reference values are needed for injury assessments. We conducted a comprehensive …