| mercury and selenium content of taiwanese seafood. | fish consumption is avid in taiwan (and other asian nations), but little is known about the mercury and selenium content in local seafood. this paper reports on total mercury, methylmercury and selenium levels from 14 commonly consumed seafood items obtained from taichung, taiwan. mean total mercury concentrations varied nearly 100-fold across species. fifty per cent of the marlins sampled and 35% of the sharks exceeded the 0.3 µg g(-1) us environmental protection agency (usepa) guideline. methy ... | 2011 | 24786009 |
| occurrence and distribution of yellow grub trematodes (clinostomum complanatum) infection in taiwan. | digenetic trematodes of the genus clinostomum are widely distributed in many species of freshwater fish and are known to cause the zoonotic disease halzoun. humans may become accidental hosts if they ingest raw freshwater fish containing metacercaria of clinostomum complanatum, which causes pharyngitis or laryngitis. the yellow grub parasitizing cultivated ayu (plecoglossus altivelis) and loach (misgurnus anguillicaudatus) was one of the most serious problems in fish farms from 1977 to 1979 in t ... | 2017 | 28474185 |
| assessing carcinogenic risks associated with ingesting arsenic in farmed smeltfish (ayu, plecoglossus altirelis) in aseniasis-endemic area of taiwan. | this study spatially analyzed potential carcinogenic risks associated with ingesting arsenic (as) contents in aquacultural smeltfish (plecoglossus altirelis) from the lanyang plain of northeastern taiwan. sequential indicator simulation (sis) was adopted to reproduce as exposure distributions in groundwater based on their three-dimensional variability. a target cancer risk (tr) associated with ingesting as in aquacultural smeltfish was employed to evaluate the potential risk to human health. the ... | 2008 | 18584852 |