| hair mercury levels and their relationship with seafood consumption among preschool children in shanghai. | mercury is a global pollutant. children are vulnerable to environmental toxicants. seafood consumption is a major source of methylmercury exposure. in order to ascertain children's mercury exposure levels and study their relationship with seafood consumption, we conducted a cross-sectional study among preschool children in shanghai. according to our data, the geometric mean of the mercury levels in children's hair was 191.9 (95% ci: 181.8, 202.4) μg/kg. these results indicate that high income ma ... | 2017 | 28427493 |
| polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) in marine fishes from china: levels, distribution and risk assessment. | muscle tissues of large yellow croakers (pseudosciaena crocea) and sliver pomfret (pampus argenteus) from nine coastal cities of east china including dalian, tianjin, qingdao, shanghai, zhoushan, wenzhou, fuzhou, quanzhou and xiamen were analyzed for polychlorinated biphenyl (pcb) concentrations. thirty-six pcb congeners were quantified in the fishes, of which 11 congeners were dioxin-like pcbs. the total pcb concentrations of the present study were at the low end of the global range, which may ... | 2012 | 22863061 |
| hexabromocyclododecanes (hbcds) in marine fishes along the chinese coastline. | this study reports concentrations of hexabromocyclododecanes (hbcds) in two species of marine fish, large yellow croaker (pseudosciaenacrocea) and silver pomfret (pampusargenteus) (n = 46), from nine chinese coastal cities (dalian, tianjin, qingdao, shanghai, zhoushan, wenzhou, fuzhou, quanzhou and xiamen). hbcds were detectable in all samples analyzed, indicating ubiquitous contamination of these compounds in the chinese coastal environment. the average total hbcd concentration was 3.7 ng g⁻¹ l ... | 2011 | 21111444 |