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Food risk and sea-food consumption: Evaluation of long-term individual exposure to methylmercury in France

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  • Allais, Olivier
  • Tressou, Jessica

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Prolonged exposure to methylmercury, mainly present in sea-food products (fish, mollusks and shellfish) produces deep neurotoxic effects. The main purpose of this study is to quantify this risk for French consumers using consumption and contamination data. French consumers likely to be strongly and lastingly exposed to this contaminant are identified according to their age, sex and socio-economical characteristics, so that adapted recommendations to at-risk consumers may be taken. For 2001, we estimate that 6% of children under 3 are high-risk individuals. Furthermore, no children living in a low income household are high-risk consumers.

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  • Allais, Olivier & Tressou, Jessica, 2005. "Food risk and sea-food consumption: Evaluation of long-term individual exposure to methylmercury in France," INRAE Sciences Sociales, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (INRAE), Departement Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et Alimentation, Espace et Environnement (SAE2), vol. 2005, pages 1-5, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:inrass:160332
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.160332
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