Mercury in Terrestrial Food Webs of the Idrija Mining Area
0,0001
Log of overage mercury concelll,alions (I' g/g)
0,001
0,01
0, 1
I
10
100
D % M~ II&
•
Me- II&
309
Fig. 5 b The average mercury concentrations in various samples of terrestrial food webs collected in
unpolluted areas in Slovenia during 1990-1996. The FAO/WHO T-Hg lim it value for foodstuffs is
indicated (0.03 Ilg/g fresh wt.)
in muscle, which represents a tissue whose Hg absorption/retention is much
more dependent on the metabolic rate and thus subject to frequent changes,
were much higher than in the above mentioned brain and endocrine tissues,
typical "hot spots" of Hg retention in man. The reasons for this discrepancy are
still unknown and should be physiologically assessed by a separate study. Liver
0,0001
Log of overage mercury concelll,alions (I' g/g)
0,001
0,01
0, 1
I
10
100
D % M~ II&
•
Me- II&
309
Fig. 5 b The average mercury concentrations in various samples of terrestrial food webs collected in
unpolluted areas in Slovenia during 1990-1996. The FAO/WHO T-Hg lim it value for foodstuffs is
indicated (0.03 Ilg/g fresh wt.)
in muscle, which represents a tissue whose Hg absorption/retention is much
more dependent on the metabolic rate and thus subject to frequent changes,
were much higher than in the above mentioned brain and endocrine tissues,
typical "hot spots" of Hg retention in man. The reasons for this discrepancy are
still unknown and should be physiologically assessed by a separate study. Liver