Mercury pollution and its impacts on human health is of global concern. The authors of this
paper were members of the Plenary Panel on Human Health in the 12th International …

Mercury is one of the most hazardous contaminants that may be present in the aquatic
environment, but its ecological and toxicological effects are strongly dependent on the …

From the perspective of a chemist, biology confers a rich variety of roles on a number of
metal ions. It is widely agreed that a large fraction of the genomic output of living things …

The objective of the present study is to determine the bioaccumulation of heavy metals in
various organs of the fresh water fish exposed to heavy metal contaminated water system …

Although mercury (Hg) is toxic at all valence states, organic Hg, especially
monomethylmercury (MeHg, CH3Hg+, methylmercury), is more toxic than inorganic Hg (Hg …

The purpose of thisreview was to check the accumulation and concentration of heavy metals
in different organs of fresh water fishes that comes in contact with the water contaminated …

It is the goal of this paper to discuss the more salient recent AdvancCll in the understanding
of the controls of net CH3Hg formation in Datural systems. The discussion lIighlights the …

The indiscriminate discharge of industrial effluents, raw sewage wastes and other waste
pollute most of the environments and affect survival and physiological activities of target …

Methylmercury is a widely distributed environmental toxicant with detrimental effects on the
developing and adult nervous system. Due to its accumulation in the food chain, chronic …

Methylmercury bioaccumulates in aquatic food chains and is able to cross the blood–brain
barrier, making this organometallic compound a much more worrisome pollutant than …