Mercury
CASRN: 7439976
Parameter 1: INORGANIC
Parameter 3: Metals
Water Quality for the Protection of Aquatic Life | |||||||||
Further documentation on these guidelines can be found in the Canadian Environment Quality Guidelines. |
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Freshwater |
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Concentration (µg/L) |
0.026 | ||||||||
May not prevent the accumulation of methylmercury in aquatic life, therefore, may not protect wildlife that consume aquatic life. Also, may not fully protect higher trophic level fish. Consult the factsheet for details. Consult equally the methylmercury guideline in the Canadian Tissue Residue Guidelines for the Protection of Wildlife Consumers of Aquatic Biota | |||||||||
Date |
2003 | ||||||||
Marine | |||||||||
Concentration (µg/L) |
0.016 | ||||||||
Interim guideline. May not protect fully high trophic level fish. | |||||||||
Date |
2003 | ||||||||
Water Quality for the Protection of Agriculture | |||||||||
Irrigation | |||||||||
Concentration (µg/L) |
No data | ||||||||
Date |
No data | ||||||||
Livestock | |||||||||
Concentration (µg/L) |
3 | ||||||||
No fact sheet created. For more information on this guideline, please refer to Canadian Water Quality Guidelines (CCREM 1987). | |||||||||
Date |
1987 | ||||||||
Sediment Quality for the Protection of Aquatic Life | |||||||||
Further documentation on these guidelines can be found in the Canadian Environment Quality Guidelines. |
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Freshwater | |||||||||
Concentration (µg/kg dry weight) - ISQG |
170 | ||||||||
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Concentration (µg/kg dry weight) - PEL |
486 | ||||||||
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Date |
1997 | ||||||||
Marine | |||||||||
Concentration (µg/kg dry weight) - ISQG |
130 | ||||||||
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Concentration (µg/kg dry weight) - PEL |
700 | ||||||||
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Date |
1997 | ||||||||
Soil Quality for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health | |||||||||
Further documentation on these guidelines can be found in the Canadian Environment Quality Guidelines. |
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Concentration (mg/kg dry weight) - Agricultural |
6.6 | ||||||||
Data are sufficient and adequate to calculate a Soil Quality Guideline for Human Health (SQGHH) and a Soil Quality Guideline for Environmental Health (SQGE). Therefore the soil quality guideline is the lower of the two and represents a fully integrated de novo guideline for this land use, derived in accordance with the soil protocol (CCME 1996;2006). The corresponding interim soil quality criterion (CCME 1991) is superseded by the soil quality guideline. For guidelines derived prior to 2004, differentiation between soil texture (coarse/fine) is not applicable. | |||||||||
Concentration (mg/kg dry weight) - Residential / parkland |
6.6 | ||||||||
Data are sufficient and adequate to calculate a Soil Quality Guideline for Human Health (SQGHH) and a Soil Quality Guideline for Environmental Health (SQGE). Therefore the soil quality guideline is the lower of the two and represents a fully integrated de novo guideline for this land use, derived in accordance with the soil protocol (CCME 1996;2006). The corresponding interim soil quality criterion (CCME 1991) is superseded by the soil quality guideline. For guidelines derived prior to 2004, differentiation between soil texture (coarse/fine) is not applicable. | |||||||||
Concentration (mg/kg dry weight) - Commercial |
24 | ||||||||
Data are sufficient and adequate to calculate a Soil Quality Guideline for Human Health (SQGHH) and a Soil Quality Guideline for Environmental Health (SQGE). Therefore the soil quality guideline is the lower of the two and represents a fully integrated de novo guideline for this land use, derived in accordance with the soil protocol (CCME 1996;2006). The corresponding interim soil quality criterion (CCME 1991) is superseded by the soil quality guideline. For guidelines derived prior to 2004, differentiation between soil texture (coarse/fine) is not applicable. | |||||||||
Concentration (mg/kg dry weight) - Industrial |
50 | ||||||||
Data are sufficient and adequate to calculate a Soil Quality Guideline for Human Health (SQGHH) and a Soil Quality Guideline for Environmental Health (SQGE). Therefore the soil quality guideline is the lower of the two and represents a fully integrated de novo guideline for this land use, derived in accordance with the soil protocol (CCME 1996;2006). The corresponding interim soil quality criterion (CCME 1991) is superseded by the soil quality guideline. For guidelines derived prior to 2004, differentiation between soil texture (coarse/fine) is not applicable. | |||||||||
Date |
1999 | ||||||||
Tissue Residue Quality for the Protection of Widlife Consumer of Aquatic Biota | |||||||||
Concentration (µg/kg diet wet weight) |
see Methylmercury | ||||||||
Date |
No data |
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