Mercury

2 weeks refrigerated

15 days

2 weeks refrigerated

ICP/MS

µg/L

Reference values :

General population:              < 5.0 µg/L*

Professional environment:    10.0 µg/L**

Limit of quantification =  0.5 µg/L

Note: Ingestion of marine products > 72h

Biological Interpretation Values (BIV) for the general adult population: 5,0 µg/L (95th percentile) [Nisse et al., 2017]

Biological Interpretation Values (BIV) for the workplace: European BLVs: For exposure to elemental mercury and inorganic divalent compounds: Blood mercury: Blood mercury: 10,0 µg/L [** SCOEL,2007]