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ArticleNature food2025

China's municipal wastewater policies enhanced seafood safety and offset health risks from atmospheric mercury emissions in the past four decades.

Xingrui Cai, Mengqi Yang, Maodian Liu, Yuang Chen, Chenghao Yu, Haoran Zhang, Qianru Zhang, Shijun Ma, Xinyu Dou, Jing Meng and 1 more

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11 authors.

Xingrui CaiMOE Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Mengqi YangSchool of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Maodian LiuMOE Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. maodian.liu@pku.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-5059-0334
Yuang ChenInstitute for Data, Systems, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Chenghao YuKey Laboratory of Microbial Technology for Industrial Pollution Control of Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.
Haoran ZhangCentre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8751-5407
Qianru ZhangMOE Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0009-0001-0376-2858
Shijun MaThe Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London, UK.
Xinyu DouDepartment of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Jing MengThe Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London, UK. jing.j.meng@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-8708-0485
Xuejun WangMOE Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. xjwang@urban.pku.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9990-1391

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 41821005National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42476127
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neurotoxin methylmercury in seafood threatens food safety worldwide. China has implemented stringent wastewater policies, established numerous treatment facilities and enforced rigorous water quality standards to address pollution in its waterways. However, the impact of these policies on seafood safety and methylmercury exposure remains unknown. Here we developed a process-based model showing that, although mercury reductions from municipal wastewater policies accounted for only 9% of atmospheric mercury emissions during 1980-2022, these measures unexpectedly prevented

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Food ContaminationFood SafetyMercurySeafoodWastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalChinaHumansMethylmercury CompoundsMercuryMethylmercury CompoundsWastewaterWater Pollutants, Chemical

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PMID39748033

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