Mercuric bioaccumulation

Ribeyre, F. and A. Boudou. 1984. Bioaccumulation et repartition tissulaire du mercure-HgCl2 et CH3HgCl2 -chez Salmo gairdneri apres contamination par voie directe. Water Air Soil Pollut. 23 169-186. 

Mercury is considered as the most hazardous heavy metal met in the food chain due to its continuous presence in the environment, its bioaccumulation and transportation into the water chain and its high levels in a large variety of foods. It exists in three different forms elementary mercury, mercuric mercury, and acetyl mercnry. The chemical form affects largely the absorption, its distribution in the body tissues, and its biological half life. The standard human diet contains less than 50 J,g mercury/kg food," " whereas seafood stands for the main sonrce of mercury. 

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