This paper reviews how active research in West Bengal has unmasked the endemic
arsenism that has detrimental effects on the health of millions of people and their offspring. It …

Dental amalgam is 50% metallic mercury (Hg) by weight and Hg vapour continuously
evolves from in-place dental amalgam, causing increased Hg content with increasing …

Speciation analysis of mercury in hair facilitates accurate evaluation of mercury exposure to
humans and insights into the intertransformation of different mercury species in the human …

Humans are contaminated by mercury in different forms from different sources. In practice,
contamination by methylmercury from fish consumption is assessed by measuring hair …

The aim of the study was to develop and validate a rapid method for the analysis of the total
Hg concentration in human hair, specifically, Eritrean hair. For total Hg determination, the …

Background It is generally acknowledged that the determination of harmful chemical
compounds excreted into saliva is useful for assessing their exposure levels. The aim of the …

The ability of the selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) to capture mercury (Hg) is a subject of
interest as this concept can be applied to reduce mercury poisoning cases to certain extent …

The risks and benefits of using mercury (Hg) in dental amalgam have long been debated.
This study was designed to estimate Hg body burden and its association with dental …

Seventy saliva samples, seventy urine samples, seventy nail samples, seventy hair samples,
eight drinking water samples and ninety-three crop samples were collected from four …

A harmonized human biomonitoring pilot study was set up within the frame of the European
projects DEMOCOPHES and COPHES. In 17 European countries, biomarkers of some …