title: [Medical and ecological evaluation of mercury hazards to the population of the Irkutsk region].
abstract: Pollution of the Angara river with the waste water of chemical production has led to mercury accumulation in the ecological water system. Potential human hazard is associated with mercury cumulation in marketable fishes. The maximum levels of mercury were 1.5-4.0. Dietary mercury intake has been confirmed by that the toxic agent is present in the biological substrates of the rural population in amounts greater than the baseline values. An attempt has been made to predict the development of a situation by means of the logical model developed by the data of monitoring in Japan and Canada. The period of formation of a focus of ecologically caused mercurialness is estimated to be 100-200 years after the onset of sewage discharge into the water reservoir.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Efimova
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Rukavishnikov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004463:Ecology; D005399:Fishes; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D007220:Industrial Waste; D016015:Logistic Models; D008628:Mercury / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D012800:Siberia; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D008628:Mercury
vernacular_title: Mediko-ékologicheskaia otsenka rtutnoĭ opasnosti dlia naseleniia Irkutskoĭ oblasti.