Brief Summary of Methylmercury in Non-Aquatic Food and Related Analytical Methods

The paper briefly described the contamination and detection method of methylmercury (MeHg) in non-aquatic food. Previous reports have shown that MeHg is relatively high in rice than that in non-aquatic food. Environmental factors and genetic properties may influence MeHg transferring from soil to rice. Current detection of MeHg in non-aquatic food is using chromatographic spectrum or chromatography mass spectrometry. The key to developing new MeHg detection techniques lies in the reductions of instrument cost, complexity of sample disposal, and reagent toxicity, as well as the increasing of method sensitivity. With the development of sensor detection technology, it is expected to be widely used in MeHg detection.