Because of continuing concern over mercury in the environment and its deleterious effects
on human health, obtaining new mercury detection methods that are costeffective, rapid …

In Walden, Thoreau1 noted that “the largest pond is as sensitive to atmospheric changes as
the globule of mercury in its tube”. Here, we consider the modern understanding of the …

Organisms have developed their internal biochemistry in close connection to the
composition of the natural environment. Humans, as well as all mammals, unlike …

Mercury is a potent neurotoxic substance and accounts for 250,000 intellectual disabilities
annually. Worldwide, coastal fisheries contribute the majority of human exposure to mercury …

Wildlife may be exposed to mercury (Hg) and methylmercury (MeHg) from a variety of
environmental sources, including mine tailings, industrial effluent, agricultural drainwater …

The major physical forms of mercury to which humans are exposed are mercury vapor, Hg0,
and methylmercury compounds, CH3HgX. Mercury vapor emitted from both natural and …

During the last decade a new pattern of Hg pollution has been discerned, mostly in
Scandinavia and North America. Fish from low productive lakes, even in remote areas, have …

A chemical equilibrium model for Hg complexation in sediments with sulfidic pore waters is
presented. The purpose of the model was to explain observed relationships between pore …

The primary mechanisms controlling the accumulation of methylmercury and inorganic
mercury in aquatic food chains are not sufficiently understood. Differences in lipid solubility …

Current paradigms regarding the bioaccumulation of mercury are rooted in observations that
monomethyl mercury (meHg) biomagnifies along pelagic food chains. However …