The paper builds on existing literature, highlighting current understanding and identifying
unresolved issues about MeHg exposure, health effects, and risk assessment, and …

Objective To examine biomarkers of methylmercury (MeHg) intake in women and infants
from seafood-consuming populations globally and characterize the comparative risk of fetal …

Environmental dispossession disproportionately affects the health of Canada's Aboriginal
population, yet little is known about how its effects are sustained over time. We use a critical …

The low cost of adsorption treatment of heavy metal ions in water has been extensively
studied. In this paper, we have demonstrated a facile method of combining two emerging …

Abstract Temperate eels Anguilla anguilla (European eel), A. rostrata (American eel) and A.
japonica (Japanese eel) are three catadromous species which have been declining since …

Global environmental change and recent worldwide infectious-disease outbreaks make the
ecological perspective of medical anthropology more important a field of study than ever. In …

Microplastic particles (MPs) occur widely in aquatic ecosystems and are ingested by a wide
range of organisms. While trophic transfer of MPs is known to occur, researchers do not yet …

Preventing the release of mercury from coal-fired power plants continues to be a challenge.
The design of effective and affordable control strategies depends upon the speciation of …

The third Canadian Arctic Human Health Assessment conducted under the Canadian
Northern Contaminants Program (NCP), in association with the circumpolar Arctic …

Monomethylmercury is a neurotoxin that accumulates in marine organisms, with serious
implications for human health. The toxin is of particular concern to northern Inuit peoples, for …