Effects of Methylmercury Exposure on Human Reproduction

摘要

We examined relation between environmental methylmercury exposure via fish consumption and human fecundity. Time to pregnancy (TTP), a measure of fecundity, was investigated by self-administrated questionnaire from parturient women at two hospitals in Sendai, Japan. Total mercury concentration in their hair was determined. So far the result suggests that the subject with longer TTP had higher hair mercury level.