"Our findings show there is a risk." Researchers spotlight long-ignored danger buried in iconic mountain wetlands: 'Starting ...

According to the December advisory, nearly all fish contain at least traces of methylmercury, although the amount of mercury can vary considerably. Methylmercury, a biologically active form of ...

The results, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help researchers figure out new ways to ...

Researchers developed a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive model that simulates how environmental factors, including increasing sea temperatures and overfishing, impact levels of methylmercury in fish.

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 ...

Melting glaciers in Boulder release sulfate into wetlands, increasing methylmercury production and ecosystem risks.

Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCLA announced the creation of an engineered bacterium that has the ability to convert the toxic form of mercury present in ...

Thimerosal is an ethylmercury; the mercury that can be found in fish is a methylmercury. Though they are only one letter apart, the substances are different. Mercury is an element found in the ...

Phytoplankton, or microalgae, are known as accumulators of methylmercury. The plankton introduce methylmercury into the food chain, where it makes its way to fish and eventually to humans.But ...

The statement comes one day after the president of a third Indigenous group called on the premier to stop the flooding until the wetlands could be capped and methylmercury concerns could be mitigated.