Mercury exposure assessment from the first harmonised Total Diet Study in Portugal

Vasco, Elsa; Dias, Maria da Graça; Oliveira, Luísa

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Mercury exposure assessment from the first harmonised Total Diet Study in Portugal

2024-08-15Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Vasco, Elsa
dc.contributor.author	Dias, Maria da Graça
dc.contributor.author	Oliveira, Luísa
dc.date.accessioned	2025-02-19T12:26:40Z
dc.date.available	2025-02-19T12:26:40Z
dc.date.issued	2024-08-15
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this study was to estimate the Portuguese population’s baseline exposure to methyl and inorganic mercury by a harmonised total diet study (TDS) methodology and the risk of exceeding the Tolerable Weekly Intake (TWI). TDS food samples representative of the whole diet of the population were prepared as consumed, and analysed for total mercury. European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) conservative approach was used to estimate methylmercury and inorganic mercury and exposure was estimated using Monte Carlo Risk Assessment (MCRA) software. Mean, median and P95 exposure of the overall population (18 to 74 years old) to methylmercury and to inorganic mercury were 1.25, 0.01 and 5.45 µg/kg bw/week, and 0.37, 0.15 and 1.27 µg/kg bw/week, respectively. The percentage of individuals exceeding TWI was 27.6 for methylmercury and 3.5 for inorganic mercury. Regarding childbearing age women (18 to 45 years old), methylmercury mean exposure was 1.13 µg/kg bw/week with 25% of women exceeding the TWI. Cod and hake were the main contributors to mercury intake.	eng
dc.description.sponsorship	Open access funding provided by FCT\|FCCN (b-on). This research was partially funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme [FP7/2012–2016] as a part of TDS-Exposure project [grant agreement number 289108].
dc.identifier.citation	Expo Health. 2025 feb;17:119–152. doi: 10.1007/s12403-024-00649-1. Epub 2024 Aug 15
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s12403-024-00649-1
dc.identifier.eissn	2451-9685
dc.identifier.issn	2451-9766
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/10369
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.peerreviewed	yes
dc.publisher	Springer Nature
dc.relation	Total Diet Study Exposure
dc.relation.hasversion	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12403-024-00649-1#Fun
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject	Mercury Exposure
dc.subject	TDS
dc.subject	Total Diet Study
dc.subject	Methylmercury Exposure
dc.subject	Inorganic Mercury
dc.subject	Monte Carlo Risk Assessment
dc.subject	FoodEx2 Classifcation System
dc.subject	Composição dos Alimentos
dc.subject	Segurança Alimentar
dc.subject	Portugal
dc.title	Mercury exposure assessment from the first harmonised Total Diet Study in Portugal	eng
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.endPage	152
oaire.citation.startPage	119
oaire.citation.title	Exposure and Health
oaire.citation.volume	17
oaire.fundingStream	FP7
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project.funder.identifier	http://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
project.funder.name	European Commission
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