Hair Mercury Levels Detection in Fishermen from Sicily (Italy) by ICP-MS Method after Microwave-Assisted Digestion

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Sampling area</td><td class="align_center">Total Hg (mean ± SD <i>µ</i>g g<sup>−1</sup>)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Siracusa</td><td class="align_center">4.71 ± 6.79</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Messina</td><td class="align_center">1.51 ± 4.16</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Trapani</td><td class="align_center">1.93 ± 4.11</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Sciacca</td><td class="align_center">3.94 ± 6.38</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Catania</td><td class="align_center">4.5 ± 6.85</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Palermo</td><td class="align_center">3.01 ± 5.79</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Mean ± SD hair mercury concentration broken down by sampling areas.

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Table 3: Hair Mercury Levels Detection in Fishermen from Sicily (Italy) by ICP-MS Method after Microwave-Assisted Digestion 