Mercury exposure and its effects on fertility and pregnancy outcome

G Bjørklund, S Chirumbolo, M Dadar… - Basic & clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mercury (Hg), a highly toxic environmental pollutant, shows harmfulness which still
represents a big concern for human health, including hazards to fertility and pregnancy …

Analytical methods, occurrence, fate, and toxicity of ethylmercury in the environment: review and outlook

Y Wu, Y Mao, G Liu, Y Li, Y Guo, Y Liu, Y Yin… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Springer
Studies on the environmental fate and risk of mercury (Hg) have been mostly focused on
total mercury and a very toxic species methylmercury (MeHg). However, another organic Hg …

Spatial-temporal characteristics of mercury and methylmercury in marine sediment under the combined influences of river input and coastal currents

C Yu, W Xiao, Y Xu, X Sun, M Li, H Lin, Y Tong, H Xie… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Mercury, especially in the form of methylmercury (MeHg), is a global pollutant, and aquatic
products are considered the main sources of Hg exposure to humans. The Bohai and Yellow …

Geochemical controls on the distribution of mercury and methylmercury in sediments of the coastal East China Sea

L Zhao, R Wang, C Zhang, D Yin, S Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
We examined the spatial and vertical distribution of total mercury (THg) in 119 surface
sediment samples and 4 sediment cores from the coastal East China Sea. The THg …

Mercury contamination of stream sediments in the North Bohemian Coal District (Czech Republic): Mercury speciation and the role of organic matter

D Vöröš, M DíazSomoano, E Geršlová, I Sýkorová… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Industrial expansion in the North Bohemian Coal District over the past decades has had an
adverse effect not only on stream sediments but also on the freshwater system. So far …

Towards a better understanding of ethylmercury in the environment: Addressing propylation derivatization artifact and verifying its occurrence in Chinese wetlands

Y Wu, G Liu, X Liu, Y Mao, Y Guo, Y Liu, L Zhu, Y Yin… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Ethylmercury (EtHg), similar to methylmercury (MeHg), is highly neurotoxic and
bioaccumulative. Although recent studies suggested its occurrence in natural soils and …

Responses of the structure and function of microbes in Yellow River Estuary sediments to different levels of mercury

Z Ren, W Jiang, N Sun, J Shi, D Zhang, J Zhang… - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The health and stability of the estuary of the Yellow River ecosystem have come under
increasing pressure from land-based inputs of heavy metals. While it is known that heavy …

Speciation analysis of mercury employing volatile species generation: Approaches to reliable determination in blood and hair

I Petry-Podgorska, V Schrenková, M Migašová… - Microchemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Two approaches to Hg speciation analysis, both employing volatile species generation
(VSG) were optimized and subsequently applied to biological sample analysis. The first one …

Impacts of oyster farms on sediment-associated mercury and methylmercury concentrations and health risks in an estuarine, mangrove forest, Zhanjiang Bay, China

Z Zhao, C Chen, M Feng - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Estuarine sediments serve as significant reservoirs for mercury (Hg) and methylmercury
(MeHg), which can also interconvert in the external environment. The release of Hg in …

Ecological risk from potentially toxic element legacy contamination in sediment from the Forth and Clyde Canal, Scotland, UK

R Cortis, O Cavoura, CM Davidson, H Ryan - … Monitoring and Assessment, 2024 - Springer
Industrial activities on the banks of waterways can degrade both the waterbody and the
surrounding area and continue to exert pressure on the environment even after the closure …