Table A.1 Palmaria palmata nutrients and chemical contaminants of interest included in the RBA
| Component | Health effect | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | ↑ Intellectual disability (lowered IQ) | EFSA CONTAM Panel (2010) |
| Cadmium | ↑ Chronic kidney disease | EFSA CONTAM Panel (2009a,b) |
| Methylmercury | ↑ Intellectual disability (lowered IQ) | EFSA CONTAM Panel (2012) |
| Inorganic arsenic | ↑ Lung, bladder and skin cancer | EFSA CONTAM Panel (2009a,b) |
| Iodine | ↑ Intellectual disability (lowered IQ) | EFSA NDA Panel (2014) |
| ↑/↓ Goiter | Yu et al. (2008) | |
| ↑/↓ Thyroid cancer | Franceschi et al. (2017) | |
| Kainic acid | ↑ Neurotoxicity | Jørgensen and Olesen (2018) |
| Docosahexaenoic acid, (DHA), Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) | ↓ Fatal coronary heart disease | Mozzafarian and Rimm (2006) |
| Dietary fibre | ↓ Fatal coronary heart disease | Reynolds et al. (2019) |
| ↓ Type 2 diabetes mellitus | ||
| ↓ Colorectal cancer |
↑: increased effect (adverse effect of the component and associated health outcome); ↓: decreased effect (beneficial effect of the component and associated health outcome); IQ: intelligence quotient.