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| Name: | mercury concentration |
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| Description: | Mercury is a heavy metal that is naturally occurring in various ores and is used as an industrial chemical in a range of industrial processes. Mercury bioaccumulates in the tissue of fish and other organisms and can damage nervous systems and brains of humans and birds. For example, adult loons are highly affected with one-quarter having higher than normal (10 parts per million) levels. Fish consumption advisories are issued to want people when contaminant levels are unsafe. However, the cumulative effects mean that the quantity consumed has to be considered along the frequency of consumption to be able to assess the total effect. |
| Type: | Noun |
| Term is: | EV, Keyword, Variable | | Term has: | Unit | | Term unit: | g/m^3 | |
