@article {Dabeka:July 2003:0265-203X:629, author = "Dabeka R.W.", author = "McKenzie A.D.", author = "Bradley P.", title = "Survey of total mercury in total diet food composites and an estimation of the dietary intake of mercury by adults and children from two Canadian cities, 1998-2000", journal = "Food Additives and Contaminants", volume = "20", year = "July 2003", abstract = "Total mercury was measured in 259 total diet food composites from two Canadian cities. Levels were generally low, with 46% of the composites having concentrations below the limit of detection, which ranged from 0.026 to 0.506 ng g-1. The fish category contained the highest mercury concentrations, which averaged 67 ng g-1 and ranged from 24 to 148 ng g-1. All composites were below the Canadian guideline for total mercury in fish of 0.5 ppm. Dietary intakes of mercury averaged 0.022 mug kg-1 body weight/day (mug kg-1 day-1), and ranged from 0.012 mug kg-1 day-1 for females over 65 years old to 0.062 mug kg-1 day-1 for 0-1-month-old infants. For fish consumers, fish contributed to more than half of the ingested mercury. All intakes were well below Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intakes, expressed on a daily basis, of 0.71 mug kg-1 day-1 total mercury and 0.47 mug kg-1 day-1 methyl mercury, and also below a recent Health Canada recommended maximum methyl mercury intake of 0.2 mug kg-1 day-1 for children and women of child-bearing age.", pages = "629-638(10)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/tfac/2003/00000020/00000007/art00002" doi = "doi:10.1080/0265203031000119034" }