Article: PUBLIC INVESTIGATOR / TAKING TIPS, CHASING LEADS, SOLVING PROBLEMS; Mercury in sushi can hit risky levels; Tuna samples tested worst locally

Article: BUSH IS IGNORING FACTS ON MERCURY.(Editorial)(Column)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  April 17, 2004 ;     666 words ......most common dietary source of methyl mercury in the U.S. diet. For more than...more about the health hazards of methyl mercury. At very low levels of exposure...that adults also are at risk from methyl mercury. In fact, a recent study from...

Article: Looking for lessons from loons: by studying the behavior of these elusive birds, scientists may also learn about the effects of mercury pollution on wildlife.
National Wildlife;  August 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......one of its many chemical forms (methyl mercury) cause everything from birth defects...Iraqis ate seed grain coated with methyl mercury to protect it from pests. More...bacteria chemically transform it to methyl mercury does it become especially dangerous...

Article: Landfills Make Mercury More Toxic.(need for landfill emissions studies)(Brief Article)
Science News;  July 7, 2001 ;     578 words ......its most poisonous embodiment is methyl mercury, the result of a chemical modification...years ago, Lindberg's team found methyl mercury in the water vapor that condensed...resides in landfills. However, methyl mercury comes in two forms--mono- and...

Article: Mishap points out mercury's danger Classroom spill was reminder to not use vacuum for cleanup
The Boston Globe;  November 2, 1997 ;     700+ words ......than once a month. The culprit? Methyl mercury, a compound formed when rains...one that killed Wetterhahn, but methyl mercury accumulates in the body and becomes...food chain dine on smaller fish. Methyl mercury also accumulates in the angler...

Article: Mercury pollution a mind-numbing problem: high levels of mercury lurk in our water supply, and it is time to sound a global alarm. (Articles).
Canadian Chemical News;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......concentration of total mercury and methyl mercury (MeHg) in the environment. Moving...Organization's guideline -- is 0.47 pg methyl mercury intake per kg body weight. If...Environmental Protection Agency reduced methyl mercury guidelines to 0.1 [micro]g/kg...

Article: Mercury
Canadian Encyclopedia;      574 words ......Uses range from metallic mercury switches in thermostats to mercury-vapour discharge lamps. Other...pharmaceuticals. Inorganic forms of mercury can be converted to more toxic organic forms (ie, methyl mercury) by chemical as well as biochemical...can enter the food chain. Methyl ...

Article: Mercury can be a cure, but too often it kills
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 29, 1997 ;     375 words ......such as dimethyl mercury and methyl mercury, are sometimes used as fungicides...scientists first discovered how methyl mercury, which is produced by small organisms...made from grain treated with a methyl mercury fungicide. About 500 people died...

Article: Mercury, Fish and Childbearing: What Every Woman Should Know to Protect Children and the Planet
Women & Environments International Magazine;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......elemental mercury into the more toxic methyl mercury, which aquatic plants and animals ingest or absorb. Methyl mercury has the capacity to bio-accumulate...was to highlight the risks from methyl mercury exposure faced by women in their...

Article: The Mercury's Falling: The Massachusetts Approach to Reducing Mercury in the Environment
American Journal of Law and Medicine;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......droplets.17 Inorganic forms of mercury typically exhibit higher...wet deposition events.19 Mercury can also form organic compounds...applications.20 Organic forms of mercury are typically extremely toxic. The organic compound methyl mercury, which can be generated from...environmental ...

Article: Legislators get a ?Mercury 101' lesson: Senators discuss regional, global implications.
Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho);  February 16, 2006 ;     417 words ......emitted in the air can turn into methyl mercury in water; this form poses a health...consume fish with high levels of methyl mercury. Several water bodies in Idaho...consumption advisories due to methyl mercury levels. The DEQ and U.S. Environmental...

Article: STATE ISSUES ADVISORY ON EATING QUABBIN FISH MERCURY LEVELS ELEVATED IN FISH, BUT DRINKING WATER IS SAID TO BE SAFE
The Boston Globe;  August 13, 1987 ;     700+ words ......that appears in fish is usually methyl mercury -- a toxic organic form of the...Environmental health specialists say that methyl mercury, which is readily absorbed by...mercury into an organic form, methyl mercury, which can travel more readily...

Article: Innovative Mercury Removal Technique Shows Promise; Photochemical Process in Lab Removes Mercury from Flue Gas
U.S. Newswire;  August 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ......environment comes from an organic form of mercury called methyl mercury. Even when mercury is released in an inorganic...elemental form, biological processes can covert it to methyl mercury. Methyl mercury bioaccumulates through the food chain; small organisms...

Article: INNOVATIVE MERCURY REMOVAL TECHNIQUE SHOWS PROMISE PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESS IN LAB REMOVES MERCURY FROM FLUE GAS
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  August 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ......environment comes from an organic form of mercury called methyl mercury. Even when mercury is released in an inorganic...elemental form, biological processes can covert it to methyl mercury. Methyl mercury bioaccumulates through the food chain; small organisms...

Article: Researchers Find Substantial Amount of Mercury Entering Ocean Through Groundwater; New Pathway for Pollution May Change Views of How Much Mercury Is Lingering in Coastal Waters.
AScribe Science News Service;  March 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ......particularly in the form known as methyl mercury, which accumulates in fish. To...often changed by microbes into methyl mercury, a known nerve toxin that can...microorganisms and smaller fish. Methyl mercury is particularly dangerous to the...