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Table 3.

The comparisons of hair Hg levels in fish and rice eating population over the world.

Location	Subject	Exposure source	Hair Hg level/μg·g⁻¹ Mean (Range)	Ref.
New Zealand	Mother-child pairs	Fish	MH 8.3 (6.0–86)	[41,42,84]
Faroe Islands	Pregnant women	Pilot whale	MH 4.3 (with a inter-quartile range of 2.6–7.7)	[43,44]
Seychelles	Mother-infant pairs	Fish	MH 5.9 (0.5–26.7)	[45,46, 85]
Amazon	Indigenous and riparian population	Fish	≈15	[86]
Amazon	Indigenous and riparian population		≈2–3
	Urban residents
Nine prefectures in Japan	General population	Fish	Male 2.42 (0.10–29.4)	[87]
Nine prefectures in Japan	General population		Female 1.37 (0.02–25.8)
Zhoushan Island, China	Pregnant women	Fish	MH 1.25 (0.93–1.68)	[88]
	General population	Fish	Fathers 3.8 (0.9–9.5)^*	[79]
			Mothers 1.8 (0.3–4.1)^*
			Children 1.7 (0.6–4.1)^*
Five coastal cities (Shanghai, Ningbo, Dalian, Xiamen, and Zhoushan) in China	General population	Fish	0.83 (0.04–8.48)	[81]
Changchun, Northeastern China	Urban residents	Fish	0.448 (0.092–10.5)	[82]
Wujiazhan, Di’er Songhua River, Northeast China	Riparian population	Fish	0.648 (0.16–199)	[83]
Songhua River, Northeast China	Fishermen	Fish	2.25 (0.02–18.1)	[89]
Wanshan Hg mining area, China	Local residents	Rice	2.8 (0.8–5.6)^*	[13]
			1.3 (0.2–3.6)^*
			1.5 (0.5–3.5)^*
Wuchuan Hg mining area,China	Local residents	Rice	1.38 (0.45–5.89)^*	[14]
Tongren Hg mining area, China	Local residents	Rice	4.26 (1.87–10.6)^*	[90]
Tongren Hg mining area, China			4.55 (2.29–9.55)^*

MH = Maternal hair;

MeHg.