Inorganic mercury converted to more toxic and bio-accumulative monomethylmercury in ocean waters, possibly by microbes
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APRIL 28, 2011
A team led by the University of Alberta has confirmed that inorganic mercury (Hg) found worldwide in ocean water is transformed into monomethylmercury (MMHg)—a potent and bio-accumulative neurotoxin—in the seawater. Louis, Holger Hintelmann, Jane L. Kirk (2011) Methylation of inorganic mercury in polar marine waters.
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