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. 2025 Aug 22;24:60. doi: 10.1186/s12940-025-01221-3

Correction: Childhood mercury exposure and early death in Grassy Narrows First Nation, Canada: a retrospective study

Donna Mergler 1,, Aline Philibert 1, Myriam Fillion 3, Judy Da Silva 2
PMCID: PMC12374460  PMID: 40847305

Correction: Environ Health 24, 39 (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-025-01190-7

Following publication of the original article [1], the author reported that the following sentence on Page 12 should be updated:

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Cumulative results from 514 First Nation communities from the Canadian biomonitoring program, carried out in different provinces reported that 17,601 persons (24.5% of those sampled) had blood concentrations ≥ 20 µg/L [14] (equivalent hair Hg of 5 µg/g, using a ratio 250:1 [39]).

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Cumulative results from 514 First Nation communities from the Canadian biomonitoring program, carried out in different provinces reported that 17,601 blood samples (24.5% of all samples) had blood concentrations ≥ 20 µg/L [14] (equivalent hair Hg of 5 µg/g, using a ratio 250:1 [39]).

The original article has been updated.

References

  • 1.Mergler D, Philibert A, Fillion M, et al. Childhood mercury exposure and early death in grassy narrows first nation, Canada: a retrospective study. Environ Health. 2025;24:39. 10.1186/s12940-025-01190-7. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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