Mercury and selenium in cod-liver oil.
Cod-liver oil preparations were analyzed for mercury and selenium. The conclusion can be drawn that the intake of mercury and selenium in the normal use of these preparations will be very low.
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W S van de Ven
Publications and source records attributed to W S van de Ven.
Mercury and selenium in marine mammals and birds.
Information is provided concerning the concentrations of mercury and selenium in tissues of marine animals. In marine mammals a 1:1 Hg/Se molecular increment ratio was found and an almost perfect linear correlation between mercury and selenium. It is suggested that marine mammals are able to detoxify methylmercury by a specific chemical mechanism in which selenium is involved. The results also indicate that the fate of methylmercury in fish-eating marine birds differs fundamentally from that in marine mammals.
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