Proceedings

Mercury in marine mammals and human health risk

Session Chairs : Mineshi Sakamoto, Laurie H.M Chan

9：30～ 9：45	Mineshi Sakamoto (NIMD, Japan) “Mercury Speciation and Selenium Concentrations in Tooth-Whale Meats Consumed in Taiji Town, Japan”
9：45～10：00	Tokutaka Ikemoto(Thermo Fisher Scientific K.K. , Japan) “Presence of Mercury Selenide inVarious Tissues Of Marine Mammals”
10：00～10：15	Chiho Watanabe(University of Tokyo, Japan) “Relationship Between Hg and Se Leavels in Taiji Inhabitants”
10：15～10：30	Masaaki Nakamura(NIMD, Japan) “Methylmercury Exposure and Neurological Outcomes in Taiji, the Birthplace of Traditional Whaling in Japan”
10：30～10：45	Ayotte Pierre(Unibersite Laval/Institut national de santé publique du Quebec, Canada) “Mercury and Selenium Speciation in Merine Mammals and Mercury Exposure Among Inuit in Canada”
10：45～11：00	Todd O' Hara(University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA) “Mercury in Marine Mammals and Human Health: Alaska Perspective”
11：00～11：15	Malgorzata Korbas(Canadian Light Source, Canada) “Probing Hg Localization & Transformation in Tissues Using X-Ray Fluorescence imaging and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy”
11：15～11：30	Laurie H.M Chan (University of Ottawa, Canada) “Balancing Benefits and Risks of Consumption of Marine Mammals Among Inuit in Northern Canada”

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