Mercury in Human Hair and Fish: is there a Hong Kong Male Subfertility connection?

摘要

Hair is a useful indicator of a person's exposure to mer- cury. For this reason, hair samples from 94 fertile and 117 subfertile Hong Kong residents were compared over four sparate age groups. A typical 30 year old Hong Kong male had a hair mercury concentration of approximately 3.3 mg/kg mercury while a 60 year old Hong Kong sub- fertile male had a hair mercury concentration of about 7.5 mg/kg. Most of this mercury comes form seafood con- sumption.