Inorganic mercury converted to more toxic and bio-accumulative monomethylmercury in ocean waters, possibly by microbes
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APRIL 28, 2011
Lead U of A researcher Igor Lehnherr says the greatest exposure to monomethylmercury for humans is through the consumption of marine-based foods. The conversion of inorganic mercury to monomethyl mercury accounts for approximately 50 per cent of this neurotoxin present in polar marine waters. Louis, Holger Hintelmann, Jane L.
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