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Table 2. Limits for the intake of Hg2+ and methylmercury.
Limit value Refers to Organisation
0.1 μg/kg/day (methyl-mercury) „reference dose“ US EPA, 2001
0.3 μg/kg/day (Hg2+) „reference dose“ US EPA, 1987
5 μg/kg/day total mercury,
maximum of 1.6 μg/kg/day as
methylmercury		 Provisional weekly intake JECFA, 2003

Source: SCHER,  Preliminary report on the environmental risks and indirect health effects of mercury in dental amalgam (2008), 3. Opinion, p.13

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Table 1. Estimated average daily intake and retention of total mercury and mercury compounds in the general population.

Table 2. Limits for the intake of Hg2+ and methylmercury.

Figure 1. Preliminary estimation of the risk for exceeding the EC proposal for the concentration of methylmercury in aquatic organisms as the result of the direct emissions of methylmercury from the dental use.

Figure 2. Preliminary assessment of the role of environmental methylation when assessing the risk of inorganic mercury emissions from dental amalgams.