Tracking Declines in Mercury Exposure in the New York City Adult Population, 2004-2014.

ABSTRACT: Mercury is a toxic metal that can be measured in human blood and urine. Population-based biomonitoring from 2004 guided New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) efforts to reduce exposures by educating the public about risks and benefits of fish consumption-a predominant source of exposure in the general population-and removing mercury-containing skin-lightening creams and other consumer products from the marketplace. We describe changes in exposures over the past decade in relation to these local public health actions and in the context of national changes by comparing mercury concentrations measured in blood (1201 specimens) and urine (1408 specimens) from the NYC Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NYC HANES) 2013-2014 with measurements from NYC HANES 200

SUBMITTER: McKelvey W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6286276 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature