Methylmercury Toxicity and Functional Programming

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• Personal Author:
  Grandjean P
• Description:
  PURPOSE: Adverse health effects of developmental toxicants may induce abnormal functional programming that leads to lasting functional deficits. This notion is considered from epidemiological evidence using developmental methylmercury neurotoxicity as an example. MOST IMPORTANT FINDINGS: Accumulating evidence indicates that adverse effects may occur even at low-level methylmercury exposures from seafood and freshwater fish. Neurobehavioral outcomes are usually non-specific, and imprecise exposure assessment results in a bias toward the null. Essential nutrients may promote the development of certain brain functions, thereby causing confounding bias. The functional deficits caused by prenatal methylmercury exposure appear to be permanent, and their extent may depend on the joint effect of toxicants and nutrients. PRINCIPA CONCLUSIONS: The lasting functional changes caused by neurodevelopmental methylmercury toxicity fit into the pattern of functional programming, with effects opposite to those linked to beneficial stimuli. Comment in: Ethylmercury and breastfeeding as confounders in outcomes of functional programming: Where are they? Reprod Toxicol. 2008 Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Epidemiology
  • Hazardous Substances
  • Men
  • Nervous System
  • Nervous System Diseases
  • Occupational Health
  • Pregnancy
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Risk Assessment
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Environmental exposure
  • Health effects
  • Mercury poisoning
  • Humans
  • Men
  • Women
  • Epidemiology
  • Exposure levels
  • Risk factors
  • Preventive medicine
  More +
• ISSN:
  0890-6238
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  414-420
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055844
• Citation:
  Reprod Toxicol 2007 Apr-May; 23(3):414-420
• Contact Point Address:
  Philippe Grandjean, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Landmark Center, 3-110E, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215
• Email:
  pgrandjean@health.sdu.dk
• CAS Registry Number:
  • Methylmercury(1+) (CAS RN 22967-92-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard School of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Reproductive Toxicology
• End Date:
  20280630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213609/cdc_213609_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 146.86 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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