Certain five heavy metals viz. arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr)(VI), mercury (Hg),
and lead (Pb) are non-threshold toxins and can exert toxic effects at very low concentrations …

Wild piscivorous fish, mammals, and birds may be at risk for elevated dietary methylmercury
intake and toxicity. In controlled feeding studies, the consumption of diets that contained Hg …

The fate and transportation of mercury in the marine environment are driven by a
combination of anthropogenic atmospheric and aquatic sources, as well as natural …

Toxic elements such as mercury, arsenic, cadmium, and lead, sometimes called heavy
metals, can diminish mental and central nervous system function; elicit damage to blood …

Subcellular distribution of mercury, selenium, silver, copper, zinc, and cadmium was
determined in the liver of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus), black-footed albatrosses …

Tissues of subsistence-harvested Arctic mammals were analyzed for silver (Ag), cadmium
(Cd), and total mercury (THg). Muscle (or total body homogenates of potential fish and …

Host factors play a role in the bioavailability of metals, making it critical to understand their
nature and how to measure them, as well as how to measure bioavailability with respect to …

Many oil and gas fields are nearing production cessation and will require decommissioning,
with the preferred method being complete infrastructure removal in most jurisdictions …

We investigate whether long-term exposure to heavy metals, including immunosuppressive
metals like mercury (Hg), is associated with infectious disease in a wild cetacean. Post …

Anthropogenic contaminants have been a concern in the Canadian arctic for over 30 years
due to relatively high concentrations of bioaccumulating and biomagnifying organochlorine …