Human Health Criteria

Methylmercury Fish Tissue Criterion

January 2001; EPA-823-R-01-001

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Introduction (PDF) (63 K, 16 pp.)
- Acknowledgments
- External Peer Reviewers
- Contents
- Executive Summary
Chapters 1 - 3 (PDF) (231 K, 67 pp.)
- Introduction
- Toxicokinetics
- Toxicological Basis for Criteria
Chapters 4 - 5 (PDF) (571 K, 149 pp.)
- Risk Assessment for Methylmercury
- Exposure Assessment
Chapters 6 - 8 (PDF) (113 K, 37 pp.)
- Mercury Bioaccumulation
- Water Quality Criterion Calculation
- References
Appendix A (PDF) (289 K, 34 pp.)
- Section I: Draft National Methylmuercury Bioaccumulation Factors
- Section II: Chemical Translators for Mercury & Methylmercury