Humans are exposed to more mercury from eating fish, marine mammals, and crustaceans than from any other source, according to the Food & Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency.

As pollution continues to impact the world’s oceans, methylmercury—the most toxic form of mercury—is increasingly accumulating in global fisheries. As a result, seafood consumption is the primary ...

Mercury is extraordinarily toxic, but it becomes especially dangerous when transformed into methylmercury—a form so harmful that just a few billionths of a gram can cause severe and lasting ...

As global temperatures continue to rise, the thawing of permafrost in Arctic areas is being accelerated and mercury that has been trapped in the frozen ground is now being released in various forms ...

Methylmercury is one of the chemicals that poses the greatest threat to global public health. People ingest methylmercury by eating fish, but how does the mercury end up in the fish? A new study shows ...

Scientists inserted DNA-encoding methylmercury detoxification enzymes into the genome of an abundant human gut bacterium. The engineered bacterium detoxified methylmercury in the gut of mice and ...

Breastfeeding has been associated with an advantage to infant neurobehavioral development, possibly in part due to essential nutrients in breast milk. However, breast milk may be contaminated by ...

Mercury (Hg) is a toxic heavy metal that has been named the third priority pollutant of concern by US regulatory bodies. 1 The toxicity of Hg is complex and differs based on chemical speciation. 2 ...

Share on Pinterest An experimental probiotic could help detoxify mercury, which often contaminates fish, in the gut. Image credit: Courtney Rust/Stocksy. Mercury from the environment can enter the ...

Mercury, particularly methylmercury, is an established worldwide environmental pollutant with known toxicity in humans. The toxic effects of methylmercury in fish were first brought to light after ...