@article{bf1fb228b35c4f0db9a158ebdbe71121,
title = "Mercury in Our Food",
abstract = "The methylation of mercuric mercury (Hg2+) in the aquatic sediments produces methylmercury (CH3Hg+), which is biomagnified along the food chain. The ingestion of piscivorous fish or aquatic mammals by pregnant women is of concern because it can cause long-lasting neurobehavioral deficits in their offspring.",
author = "Nogara, {Pablo A.} and Marcelo Farina and Michael Aschner and Rocha, {Joao B.T.}",
note = "Funding Information: The work described herein was supported by Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (CNPq), FAPERGS, FAPERGS/CAPES DocFix, CAPES-PROEX (Nos. 23038.005848/2018-31, 0737/2018, 88882.182123/2018-01), FINEP, CAPES-PRINT. M.A. was partially supported by grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS R01ES07331, NIEHS R01ES10563, and NIEHS R01ES020852).",
year = "2019",
month = aug,
day = "19",
doi = "10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00126",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "32",
pages = "1459--1461",
journal = "Chemical Research in Toxicology",
issn = "0893-228X",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
number = "8",
}