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The total mercury content of hair from a number of fishing communities in the state of Penang averaged, for different age-groups: over 40 years, 9.19 ppm; 19–40 years, 7.90 ppm; and 1–18 years, 7.36 ppm. The highest values found in these age groups were 16.10, 14.8 and 12.8 ppm, respectively, for different communities. Examinations of the mercury content of eight species of finfish taken at each of the fishing communities (with one exception where bivalves were substituted) showed values ranging up to 3.265 ppm in muscle, 16.345 ppm in heart and 7.50 ppm in liver, but there was no correlation between biodeposited mercury in hair of the three age groups and mercury concentrations in local fish. |
