The Yukon government says methylmercury has been found in a creek near the Eagle mine for the first time. The neurotoxin is an extremely poisonous compound of mercury that has the potential to ...

An international team of scientists led by the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, Grenoble, France, has found that emperor ...

Mercury bioaccumulates in organisms along time and biomagnifies in aquatic and terrestrial food webs as the neurotoxic form of methylmercury. Understanding the internal detoxification processes of ...

Methylmercury, which is particularly hazardous to pregnant women and children and has been linked to cancer, was detected in nearly all of the 150 cans bought across France, Italy, Spain ...