Table 1 Per capita potential MeHg (mean ± standard deviation; SD) weekly intake (WI; μg of MeHg kg of body mass−1 week−1) of marine fish and seafood of the top countries and the world average for each decade between 1961 and 2011 based on food supply22.
From: Mercury transport and human exposure from global marine fisheries
Country | Status | 1961–1970 | 1971–1980 | 1981–1990 | 1991–2000 | 2001–2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maldives | SIDS | 9.5 ± 6.6 | 14.1 ± 2.5 | 20.1 ± 4.4 | 24.0 ± 4.3 | 23.1 ± 5.3 |
Kiribati | SIDS, LDC | 4.7 ± 0.4 | 5.0 ± 0.2 | 6.4 ± 1.5 | 7.5 ± 0.3 | 8.0 ± 0.8 |
Iceland | 4.7 ± 1.6 | 7.6 ± 2.3 | 7.8 ± 2.0 | 6.2 ± 1.7 | 7.5 ± 1.6 | |
Malaysia | 2.6 ± 0.3 | 3.9 ± 1.0 | 5.0 ± 0.3 | 6.0 ± 0.7 | 6.4 ± 0.4 | |
Samoa | SIDS, LDC | 4.1 ± 0.3 | 3.5 ± 0.8 | 4.4 ± 0.5 | 5.2 ± 1.6 | 6.4 ± 0.8 |
French Polynesia | SIDS | 5.2 ± 0.7 | 3.9 ± 0.6 | 3.8 ± 0.4 | 5.0 ± 0.4 | 5.0 ± 0.1 |
Lithuania | NA | NA | NA | 2.5 ± 0.9 | 4.8 ± 0.4 | |
Japan | 5.3 ± 0.2 | 5.9 ± 0.2 | 6.0 ± 0.2 | 5.4 ± 0.4 | 4.8 ± 0.5 | |
Barbados | SIDS | 2.9 ± 0.5 | 3.3 ± 0.6 | 4.0 ± 0.7 | 4.0 ± 0.4 | 4.8 ± 0.2 |
Republic of Korea | 1.4 ± 0.3 | 2.5 ± 0.5 | 3.0 ± 0.4 | 3.6 ± 0.8 | 4.7 ± 0.1 | |
Grenada | SIDS | 3.2 ± 0.6 | 4.4 ± 0.5 | 3.6 ± 0.8 | 3.1 ± 0.7 | 4.6 ± 0.4 |
Vanuatu | SIDS, LDC | 4.6 ± 0.4 | 5.6 ± 1.0 | 3.6 ± 0.4 | 3.5 ± 0.4 | 4.3 ± 0.3 |
Fiji | SIDS | 2.2 ± 0.3 | 2.9 ± 0.6 | 3.3 ± 0.8 | 2.2 ± 0.5 | 4.1 ± 0.7 |
Sao Tome and Principe | SIDS, LDC | 1.7 ± 0.7 | 1.3 ± 0.6 | 3.9 ± 1.0 | 4.1 ± 0.6 | 3.9 ± 0.2 |
Philippines | 3.4 ± 0.5 | 4.2 ± 0.4 | 3.6 ± 0.2 | 3.7 ± 0.3 | 3.9 ± 0.2 | |
China (Hong Kong) | 2.4 ± 0.5 | 2.9 ± 0.4 | 2.3 ± 0.3 | 3.3 ± 0.3 | 3.9 ± 0.2 | |
World average | 1.3 ± 0.1 | 1.5 ± 0.0 | 1.6 ± 0.0 | 1.6 ± 0.0 | 1.7 ± 0.0 |
