TITLE:
Estimation of Mercury Intake from Consumption of Fish and Seafood in Russia
AUTHORS:
Anatoliy V. Gorbunov, Boris V. Ermolaev, Sergey M. Lyapunov, Olga I. Okina, Sergey S. Pavlov, Marina V. Frontasyeva
KEYWORDS:
Mercury, Marine and Freshwater Fish, Seafood, Consumption Level, Human Organism, Intake
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.7 No.7,
June
6,
2016
ABSTRACT: Data on the mercury concentration in freshwater and marine fish and seafood on the territory of Russia are presented. The level and pattern of the fish and seafood consumption in various regions of Russia are found from the analysis of open statistics. Regions with the maximum and minimum consumption of fish products are established. Mercury intake from these products in a human organism is calculated. It is shown that at the current level and pattern of the diet in Russia fish cannot be a source of high mercury concentrations in a human organism.