Methylmercury : formation, sources and health effects

Preface . . vii

Chapter 1 The Role of Selenium in Mitigating Mercury Toxicity . . 1
Chapter 2 Fish as a Dietary Source of Mercury and Methylmercury, Risks and Benefits . . 35
Chapter 3 Inexpensive Low-Cost Mercury Speciation by Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry after Ion Exchange Separation in a Fia System (Fia-Ie-Hg-Aas) . . 61
Chapter 4 Cathepsin-Dependent Neuronal Death Pathways Induced by Methylmercury . . 81
Chapter 5 Not Only Concentrations Matter: Some Practical Considerations of In Vitro MeHg Toxicity Studies . . 97
Chapter 6 Methylmercury and Total Mercury Contamination in an Aquatic Ecosystem of Hg-Mining River in Guizhou, China . . 109
Chapter 7 Mercury Methylation Versus Demethylation: Main Processes Involved . . 123
Chapter 8 MeHg-Exposure through Seafood Consumption: Cholinergic Muscarinic Receptor as a Target of Toxicity and Potential Biomarker of CNS Effects . . 167

Index . . 191