Browsing by Subject "Methylmercury"

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Legacy source of mercury in an urban stream-wetland ecosystem in central North Carolina, USA.

Deonarine, Amrika; Hsu-Kim, Heileen; Zhang, Tong; Cai, Yong; Richardson, Curtis J (Chemosphere, 2015-11)

In the United States, aquatic mercury contamination originates from point and non-point sources to watersheds. Here, we studied the contribution of mercury in urban runoff derived from historically contaminated soils and ...
Mechanisms of Microbial Formation and Photodegradation of Methylmercury in the Aquatic Environment

ZHANG, TONG (2012)

Methylmercury is a bioaccumulative neurotoxin that severely endangers human health. Humans are exposed to methylmercury through consumption of contaminated aquatic fish. To date, effective strategies for preventing ...