Methylmercury in fish and hair samples from the Balbina reservoir, Brazilian Amazon. Kehrig, H., d., A., Malm, O., Akagi, H., Guimarães, J., R., & Torres, J., P., M. Environmental Research, 77(2):84-90, 1998. abstract bibtex The present study aimed to evaluate methylmercury in fish and human hair samples from an important hydroelectrical reservoir, Balbina (Brazil, Amazon). It presents a quite intense fishing activity and there is no known goldmining activity in its watershed. Fish and human hair were analyzed with a new extraction technique and measured by GC-ECD. Analytical quality was checked through intercomparisons between two laboratories with local samples and certified standards from IAEA. Methylmercury in hair ranged from 2.0 to 21.6 μg · g-1 with a mean of 8.76 ± 5.20 μg · g-1 (N = 20), while the methylmercury percentages were above 90. Fish presented methylmercury levels ranging from 0.03 to 0.9 μg · g-1 wet wt with a mean of 0.24 ± 0.18 μg · g-1 wet wt (N = 32), which is below the limit established for food by Brazilian legislation (0.5 μg · g-1 wet wt) and methylmercury mean percentages were above 95%. The total mean daily methylmercury intake ranged from 11 to 55 μg for 70% of the sampled population from the village based on a daily consumption of about 110 g of fish with methylmercury concentrations in the range of 0.1 to 0.5 μg · g-1. This calculation is consistent with methylmercury concentrations in hair samples in the range of 2.6 to 13.1 μg · g-1.
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