Five Hundred Years of Mercury Exposure and Adaptation

Table 1

Analyses of metals in hair from control and subjects in Huancavelica, Peru.

Sample ID	Cu (mg/K)	Hg (𝜇g/L)	Hg (mg/Kg) (ppm)
Control age 82	3.72	0.673	0.002
Number 1 age 26	29.0	ND	ND
Number 2 age 26	8.86	6.23	0.129
Number 3 age 36	9.68	90.9	1.041
Number 4 age 48	7.48	lost	lost
Number 5 age 53	5.29	2.73	0.058