title: Response to: Letter to the Editor: ''Methylmercury in colostrum and milk of Japanese mothers''.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: miyuki@m.tohoku.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Miyuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwai-Shimada
authors.affiliation: Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. Electronic address: h.satoh@med.tohoku.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Satoh