Mercury concentrations in the sediments of south Florida wetlands have increased three fold in the last century (Rood et al. 1993). Because south Florida is home to many endemic and endangered species, it is important to understand the potential impacts of mercury in this ecosystem's food web. Recent research by Malley et al. (1996) has shown mollusks to be sensitive indicators of methyl mercur...

OBJECTIVES Thimerosal is a mercurial preservative that was widely used in multidose vaccine vials in the United States and Europe until 2001 and continues to be used in many countries throughout the world. We conducted a pharmacokinetic study to assess blood levels and elimination of ethyl mercury after vaccination of infants with thimerosal-containing vaccines. METHODS Blood, stool, and urin...

Mercury is recognized internationally as an important pollutant, since mercury and its compounds are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, and pose human and ecosystem risks. Although mercury can cycle in the environment in all media, an important aspect of this cycling is the bioaccumulation of mercury along the aquatic food chain. Mercury, in the form of methylmercury, bioaccumulates up the ...

In the title mercury complex, catena-poly[[di-chlorido-mercury(II)]-μ-2,2'-(2-bromo-5-tert-butyl-1,3-phenyl-ene)bis-(1-methyl-1H-benzimidazole)-κ2N3:N3'], [HgCl2(C26H25BrN4)] n , the HgII atom is coordinated by two Cl atoms and by two N atoms from two 2,2'-(2-bromo-5-tert-butyl-1,3-phenyl-ene)bis-(1-methyl-1H-benzimidazole) ligands. The metal cation adopts a distorted tetrahedral coordination g...

background: mercury (hg) is a hazardous metal responsible for environmental contamination and human intoxication. methyl mercury bio-accumulation through food chain can be responsible for chronic mercury exposure of south caspian sea communities with a diet rich in fish. uncertainties about exposure levels that could have damaging consequences for nervous system development of infants makes bio...

Background: Mercury (Hg) is a hazardous metal responsible for environmental contamination and human intoxication. Methyl mercury bio-accumulation through food chain can be responsible for chronic mercury exposure of South Caspian Sea communities with a diet rich in fish. Uncertainties about exposure levels that could have damaging consequences for nervous system development of infants makes b...

the reduction mechanism of molybdenum-methyl thymol blue (mtb)-chlorate system has been investigated in water on a mercury electrode. as this system is very sensitive for ultratrace determination of molybdenum, the actual mechanism involved was studied. electrochemical techniques, including dc tast polarography and cyclic voltammetry were employed. it is shown that, the cathodic wave of molybde...

previous studies showed that the level of total mercury (thg) in sanandaj gheshlagh reservoir (sgr) water is higher than those limits established by who (i.e., 1 µg/l). therefore a research project to evaluate the level of total mercury in sgr sediments and benthos masses during july to december 2009 from three different sites with different depths (2 to 30 meters) was carried out. samples were...

Mercury toxicity is highly correlated with hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), myocardial infarction (MI), stroke and other cardiovascular disease. Mercury has a high affinity for sulfhydryl (-SH) groups, which inactivates numerous enzymatic reactions, amino acids, and sulfur-containing antioxidants [NAC (n-acetyl cysteine, ALA (alpha lipoic acid), GSH (glutathione)], with subsequent de...