Detectable Mercury in the blood from chronic exposure

Dan Laks, lead author of the study “Assessment of chronic mercury exposure within the U.S. population, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2006)” analyzed data from the CDC’s National Health Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and found that in the 1999-2000 NHANES survey, mercury was detected in the blood of 2 percent of women aged 18 to 49, that level rose to 30 percent of women by 2005-2006.

Assessment of chronic mercury exposure within the U.S. population, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2006