Mercury, fish oils, and the risk of myocardial infarction.

By Eliseo Guallar, M. I. Sanz-Gallardo, P. V. Veer, P. Bode, A. Aro, J. Gómez-Aracena, J. Kark, R. Riemersma, J. Martin-Moreno, F. Kok. New England Journal of Medicine, 2002

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Subfields: Biochemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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Alpha-linolenic acid and its conversion to longer chain n-3 fatty acids: benefits for human health and a role in maintaining tissue n-3 fatty acid levels. (2009, background): “important are the increasing concerns that levels of various toxins are increasing in the fish, most notably methyl mercury [273,274].”
Molecular barcoding reveals mislabelling of commercial fish products in Italy (2010, background): “In particular, the poisoning by methylmercury, a neurotoxin, occurs primarily through consumption of fish, the bioaccumulation of this metal could increase the risk of myocardial infarction (Guallar et al., 2002) and neurological damages.”
Fish intake, contaminants, and human health: evaluating the risks and the benefits. (2006, background): “Notably, in the 2 studies observing higher risk with higher mercury levels, the net effect of fish consumption was still beneficial: greater mercury exposure lessened the benefit associated with consumption of fish or n-3 PUFAs but did not increase overall risk.(146,148,150) Thus, the principal ques”
Evidence on the Human Health Effects of Low-Level Methylmercury Exposure (2012, background): “In contrast, in a large multicenter cohort in Europe, an increased risk of myocardial infarction was found in participants with toenail mercury concentrations of 0.36 μg/g, approximating an even lower hair mercury level of < 1 μg/g (Guallar et al. 2002; Ohno et al. 2007).”