Archive of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology - Supplemental Material

Archive of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology - Supplemental Material

Differences in Mercury Exposure through Fish Consumption for Two Asian Communities of Coastal Virginia (USA)

Xiaoyu Xu12, Michael C Newman1

1Virginia Institute of Marine Science, P.O. Box 1346, Gloucester Point, VA 23062 USA

2 Division of Life Science, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Corresponding Author:

Xiaoyu Xu

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TABLE Arithmetic mean and standard deviations of mercury concentrations for uncooked seafood items.

Species / Total mercury (µg/g) / Methylmercury
(µg/g) / N / Sampling location / Reference
Mean / SD / Mean / SD
LOCAL FISH
Blue crab / 0.053 / 0.021 / - / - / 9 / Local markets / Holloman and Newman 2012
Catfish / 0.07 / 0.058 / 0.051 / 0.042 / 67 / LCB / Xu et al. 2013
Clams / 0.001 / 0.004 / - / - / 10 / Local markets / Holloman and Newman 2012
Crayfish / 0.370 / 0.310 / - / - / 6 / South River, Virginia / Wang et al. 2013
Croaker / 0.079 / 0.034 / 0.058 / 0.030 / 63 / LCB / Xu et al. 2013
Eel / 0.074 / 0.10 / 0.031 / 0.017 / 34 / LCB / Xu et al. 2013
Flounder / 0.071 / 0.034 / 0.048 / 0.029 / 45 / LCB / Xu et al. 2013
Oyster / 0.025 / 0.014 / - / - / 10 / Local markets / Holloman and Newman 2012
Perch / 0.130 / 0.086 / 0.100 / 0.066 / 42 / LCB / Xu et al. 2013
Scallop / 0.012 / 0.005 / - / - / 10 / Local markets / Holloman and Newman 2012
Scup / 0.012 / 0.026 / - / - / 10 / Local markets / Holloman and Newman 2012
Seatrout / 0.069 / 0.033 / 0.050 / 0.028 / 24 / LCB / Xu et al. 2013
Spot / 0.027 / 0.010 / 0.016 / 0.008 / 51 / LCB / Xu et al. 2013
Striped bass / 0.120 / 0.078 / 0.088 / 0.063 / 20 / LCB / Xu et al. 2013
MARKET FISH
Butterfish / 0.072 / 0.01 / - / - / 10 / Local markets / Holloman and Newman 2012
Cod* / 0.06 / 0.02 / - / - / 21 / Atlantic Ocean / Gobeil et al. 1997, Legrand et al. 2005
Crabs* / 0.26 / 0.44 / - / - / 369 / Atlantic Ocean / U.S. EPA 2003, Sunderland 2007
Dolphin* / 0.25 / / / - / - / / / / / U.S. EPA 1997
Goby* / 0.05 / / / - / - / / / / / Virginia State Water Control Board 1991
Lobster / 0.72 / 0.16 / - / - / 6 / Local restaurant / Holloman and Newman 2012
Kingfish* / 0.050 / / / - / - / / / / / U.S. EPA 1997
Mackerel / 0.43 / 0.11 / - / - / 10 / Local markets / Holloman and Newman 2012
Mussels* / 0.08 / 0.09 / - / - / 729 / Atlantic Ocean / U.S. EPA 2003, Sunderland 2007
Salmon (fresh) / 0.22 / 0.008 / - / - / 10 / Local markets / Holloman and Newman 2012
Sardine / 0.029 / 0.013 / - / - / 90 / Local markets / Holloman and Newman 2012
Shrimp* / 0.021 / 0.014 / - / - / 9 / Local markets / Holloman and Newman 2012
Snapper* / 0.28 / 0.43 / - / - / 363 / Atlantic Ocean / U.S. EPA 2003, Sunderland 2007
Squid / 0.023 / 0.022 / - / - / 42 / / / U.S. FDA 2013
Tilapia / 0.012 / 0.014 / - / - / 10 / Local markets / Holloman and Newman 2012
Tuna (fresh) * / 0.28 / 0.12 / - / - / 496 / Atlantic Ocean / Adams 2004, Anderson and Depledge 1997, FDA 2013, Harding et al. 2005, Sunderland 2007
Whiting / 0.046 / 0.029 / - / - / 10 / Local markets / Holloman and Newman 2012

Footnotes:

1*: Only means and standard deviations were reported for the species. Primary data were available for species without asterisk.

2-: No values were reported.

3LCB: lower Chesapeake Bay.

4Latin names: blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), catfish (a mixture of Ictalurus furcatus, Ictalurus punctatus, and Ictalurus catus), crayfish (Astacoidea), croaker (Micropogonias undulatus), eel (Anguilla rostrata), summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), perch (Morone americanus), seatrout (Cynoscion regalis), spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), striped bass (Morone saxatilis), cod (Gadus morhua), crabs (a mixture of Callinectes sapidus, Cancer irroratus, Cancer magister, Chinoecetes spp., Menippe mercenaria, Paralithodes camtschatica), goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus), mussels (Mytilus edulis), snapper (Lutjanus campechanus), squid (not mentioned in the reference), tuna (A mixture of Euthynnus alletteratus, Katsuwonus pelamis, Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus atlanticus, Thunnus thynnus).

5Scientific names of clams, oyster, scallop, scup, butterfish, dolphin, kingfish, lobster, mackerel, salmon, sardine, shrimp, tilapia, and whiting were not reported