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Methylmercury is the most toxic form of mercury for the effects it produces on human health when exposed to it, and fish is the food that contributes most to the intake of this contaminant. Predatory species (swordfish, shark or tuna) have higher levels of mercury, swordfish being the species that showed the highest content, while cephalopods and bivalves had the lowest concentrations. Exposure data...