ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2021
Regionally representative hair mercury levels in Canadian First Nations adults living on reserves.
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- Improving mercury exposure estimates: a meta-analysis of methylmercury-to-total mercury ratios in Canadian traditional foods.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Review
- Hematological Parameters and Mercury Exposure in Children Living Along Gold-Mining-Impacted Rivers in the Mojana Region, Colombia.Biological trace element research · 2025Article
- The evolution of symptoms of nervous system dysfunction in a First Nation community with a history of mercury exposure: a longitudinal study.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2024Article
- Levels of metals and persistent organic pollutants in traditional foods consumed by First Nations living on-reserve in Canada.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2021Article
- Can scientists and knowledge keepers sit comfortably together? An Indigenous physician's reflections on a decade of participatory research into First Nations nutrition, environment and health.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2021Article
- The relationship between dietary exposure to persistent organic pollutants from fish consumption and type 2 diabetes among First Nations in Canada.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2021Article
- The First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study (2008-2018)-rationale, design, methods and lessons learned.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe primary objective of this participatory study was to assess the current body burden of mercury among First Nations adults.
methodsThe First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study (2008-2018) collected regionally representative data from First Nations adults living on reserves south of the 60
resultsIn total, 3404 First Nations adults living in 92 communities provided hair samples. This represents 52.5% of the respondents to the household surveys. The mean hair mercury concentrations were 0.56 μg/g among all participants and 0.34 μg/g among women of childbearing age (WCBA). There were 64 exceedances of Health Canada's mercury biomonitoring guidelines (44 WCBA, 8 women aged 51+ years, 3 men aged 19-50 years, and 9 men aged 51+ years).
conclusionCurrent mercury exposure no longer presents a significant clinical health risk in most of the First Nations population south of the 60
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