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Climate Change Likely to Increase Human Exposure to Toxic Methylmercury

August 8, 2019

Environmental factors, such as rising sea temperatures and over-fishing, impact levels of mercury in fish

Identifying Factors That Influence Mercury Levels in Tuna

January 23, 2019

Research could help clarify why methylmercury concentrations in tuna vary geographically

Wildfire Ash Could Trap Mercury

December 5, 2018

Burned material in forests might help sequester mercury that otherwise would be released into the environment

Mercury Rising: Are the Fish We Eat Toxic?

May 4, 2018

Researchers say industrial sea fishing may be exposing people in coastal and island nations to excessively high levels of mer...

Some Infant Rice Cereals Contain Elevated Levels of Methylmercury

October 27, 2017

Methylmercury is a form of mercury that, in high enough amounts, can cause neurological and reproductive problems in adults, ...

Newly Identified Microbial Process Could Reduce Toxic Methylmercury Levels

June 1, 2017

The fundamental scientific discovery could potentially reduce mercury toxicity levels and support health and risk assess...

Mercury in Fish, Seafood May Be Linked to Higher Risk of ALS

February 23, 2017

However, fish and seafood consumption as a regular part of the diet was not associated with ALS

Gluten-Free Diet May Increase Risk of Arsenic, Mercury Exposure

February 14, 2017

In 2015, one-quarter of Americans reported eating gluten-free, a 67 percent increase from 2013

Toxic Mercury in Aquatic Life Could Spike with Greater Land Runoff

January 31, 2017

Rutgers’ Jeffra Schaefer helped conduct study on the potential impact of climate change and rising methylmercury levels...

Bacteria Control Levels of Dangerous Pollutant in Seabirds

December 27, 2016

Mercury levels in cormorants and petrels stable over past 50 years

Quantifying the Hidden Environmental Cost of Hydroelectric Dams

November 9, 2016

Bacteria can convert mercury, which occurs naturally in the soil, to methylmercury when the land is flooded, such as when dam...

Biodiversity Research Institute Announces Publication of New Scientific Paper on Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Global Mercury Treaty

August 11, 2016

The Convention addresses issues related to the use and release of mercury through trade, industrial uses, and atmospheric emi...

New ORNL Tool Probes for Genes Linked to Toxic Methylmercury

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