Rice life cycle-based global mercury biotransport and human methylmercury exposure

Fish consumption is considered to be the only significant dietary source of MeHg. Here the authors show that rice could also be a significant global dietary source, especially in South and Southeast Asia. International rice trade and joint ingestion of fish and rice could aggravate the MeHg exposure...

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Main Authors: Maodian Liu, Qianru Zhang, Menghan Cheng, Yipeng He, Long Chen, Haoran Zhang, Hanlin Cao, Huizhong Shen, Wei Zhang, Shu Tao, Xuejun Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13221-2