Fish Intake and Mercury Levels: Only Part of the Picture

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-12

  Oken, Emily ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ATOPY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; FISH; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HABITS; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77953292355     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.03.005     Document Type: Editorial

References (18)

1. Schoeman K., and TanakaT B.J.R. Koren G. Hair Mercury Levels of Women of Reproductive Age in Ontario, Canada; Implications to Fetal Safety and Fish Consumption. J Pediatr 157 (2010) 127-131
2. Adult women's blood mercury concentrations vary regionally in the United States: association with patterns of fish consumption (NHANES 1999-2004). Mahaffey KR, Clickner RP, Jeffries RA. Environ Health Perspect 2009;117:47-53.
3. Oken E., Wright R.O., Kleinman K.P., et al. Maternal fish consumption, hair mercury, and infant cognition in a U.S. Cohort. Environ Health Perspect 113 (2005) 1376-1380
4. McDowell M.A., Dillon C.F., Osterloh J., et al. Hair mercury levels in U.S. children and women of childbearing age: reference range data from NHANES 1999-2000. Environ Health Perspect 112 (2004) 1165-1171
5. McKelvey W., Gwynn R.C., Jeffery N., et al. A biomonitoring study of lead, cadmium, and mercury in the blood of New York City adults. Environ Health Perspect 115 (2007) 1435-1441
6. Tsuchiya A., Hinners T.A., Burbacher T.M., Faustman E.M., and Mariën K. Mercury exposure from fish consumption within the Japanese and Korean communities. J Toxicol Environ Health A 71 (2008) 1019-1031
7. Oken E., Radesky J.S., Wright R.O., et al. Maternal fish intake during pregnancy, blood mercury levels, and child cognition at age 3 years in a US cohort. Am J Epidemiol 167 (2008) 1171
8. Oken E., Osterdal M.L., Gillman M.W., et al. Associations of maternal fish intake during pregnancy and breastfeeding duration with attainment of developmental milestones in early childhood: a study from the Danish National Birth Cohort. Am J Clin Nutr 88 (2008) 789
9. Hibbeln J.R., Davis J.M., Steer C., et al. Maternal seafood consumption in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes in childhood (ALSPAC study): an observational cohort study. Lancet 369 (2007) 578
10. Gale C.R., Robinson S.M., Godfrey K.M., et al. Oily fish intake during pregnancy-association with lower hyperactivity but not with higher full-scale IQ in offspring. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 49 (2008) 1061
11. Lederman S.A., Jones R.L., Caldwell K.L., et al. Relation between cord blood mercury levels and early child development in a World Trade Center cohort. Environ Health Perspect 116 (2008) 1085-1091
12. Budtz-Jorgensen E., Grandjean P., and Weihe P. Separation of risks and benefits of seafood intake. Environ Health Perspect 115 (2007) 323-327
13. In: Nesheim M.C., and Yaktine A.L. (Eds). Seafood choices: balancing benefits and risks (2007), National Academies Press, Washington, DC
14. Koletzko B., Lien E., Agostoni C., et al., World Association of Perinatal Medicine Dietary Guidelines Working Group. The roles of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in pregnancy, lactation and infancy: review of current knowledge and consensus recommendations. J Perinat Med 36 (2008) 5-14
15. Yuhas R., Pramuk K., and Lien E.L. Human milk fatty acid composition from nine countries varies most in DHA. Lipids 41 (2006) 851-858
16. Oken E., Kleinman K.P., Berland W.E., Simon S.R., et al. Decline in fish consumption among pregnant women after a national mercury advisory. Obstet Gynecol 102 (2003) 346
17. Food and Drug Administration. Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish. Available at. http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/Product-SpecificInformation/Seafood/FoodbornePathogensContaminants/Methylmercury/ucm115644.htm . Last Updated: 05/07/2009Accessed August 20, 2009
18. United States Department of Agriculture. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 22. Available at. http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ Last Updated September 2009. Accessed February 10, 2010