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ArticleNature food2024

Human activities shape important geographic differences in fish mercury concentration levels.

Yuping Xiang, Guangliang Liu, Yongguang Yin, Yanbin Li, Dingyong Wang, Yong Cai, Guibin Jiang

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Article in Nature food, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Yuping XiangState Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Guangliang LiuInstitute of Environment and Health, Jianghan University, Wuhan, China.
Yongguang YinState Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. ygyin@rcees.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7287-8598
Yanbin LiKey Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1813-4173
Dingyong WangInterdisciplinary Research Center for Agriculture Green Development in Yangtze River Basin, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Yong CaiState Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. cai@fiu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2811-4638
Guibin JiangState Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22006151Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS) Y202011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fish consumption is a major route of human exposure to mercury (Hg), yet limited understanding of how anthropogenic activities drive geographic variations in fish Hg worldwide hinders effective Hg pollution management. Here we characterized global geographic variations in total Hg (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg), compared THg and MeHg levels between the United States and China, and used a structural equation model to link the geographic variability of MeHg in fish to human activities. Despite previously reported higher Hg emissions in China, Chinese fish have lower THg and MeHg levels than fish in the United States owing to a lower trophic magnification slope, shortened food chains and shorter fish lifespans. The structural equation model revealed strong impacts of human activities on MeHg levels in fish. In the future, China may face elevated MeHg levels in fish with the ongoing recovery of food web ecology, highlighting the importance of local policies.

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FishesMercuryMethylmercury CompoundsAnimalsChinaEnvironmental MonitoringFood ChainFood ContaminationHuman ActivitiesHumansSeafoodUnited StatesWater Pollutants, ChemicalMercuryMethylmercury CompoundsWater Pollutants, Chemical

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PMID39327525

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