Mercury in soil, vegetable and human hair in a typical mining area in China: Implication for human exposure

Abstract Concentrations of total mercury (T-Hg) and methylmercury (MeHg) in soil, vegetables, and human hair were measured in a mercury mining area in central China. T-Hg and MeHg concentrations in soil ranged from 1.53 to 1054.97 mg/kg and 0.88 to 46.52 μg/kg, respectively. T-Hg concentrations was correlated with total organic carbon (TOC) content (R 2  = 0.50, p  2  = 0.21, p  2  = 0.39, p 2  = 0.39, p