Management Options to Reduce Exposure to Methyl Mercury Through the Consumption of Fish and Fishery Products by the French Population

The Scientific Paper:

A. Crepet, J. Tressou, P. Verger, and J. C. Leblanc. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology Vol. 42, No. 2. pp.179-89. 2005

Review This Scientific Paper’s Abstract:
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The Purpose of this Study:
These scientists present an updated assessment of methylmercury exposure in France caused by certain types of fish, certain types of fish products, and certain types of fishery products. These scientists then propose several management scenarios which could reduce this methylmercury exposure through changes in fish methylmercury levels eaten in France - or through changes in the fish eating patterns in France.

Some Background, Methods, Results, Caveats, and Other Select Points:
This peer-reviewed, scientific paper was published in 2005.

A Bottom Line:
These scientists found that young children aged between 3 and 6 years old or 7 and 10 years old - and women of childbearing age - are at risk from methylmercury exposure in France.

With respect to these two groups of people (children and women of childbearing age) who eat certain types of fish - and according to the patterns of people who eat certain types of fish (here, people who regularly eat only predator types of fish - or those people who regularly eat both predator and nonpredator types of fish), the study results suggest that strategies to reduce methylmercury exposure by reducing the amount of predator types of fish eaten will be more efficient in significantly decreasing the chance(s) of exceeding the maximum recommended (and presumed safe) level of methylmercury than would be putting in place certain more restrictive international standards to control methylmercury levels globally.

Find This Scientific Paper for Your Review:
Management Options to Reduce Exposure to Methyl Mercury Through the Consumption of Fish and Fishery Products by the French Population. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology Vol. 42, No. 2. pp.179-89. 2005