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methylmercury

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methylmercury
Dimethyl mercury Toxicology An inorganic mercury industrial pollutant; it is concentrated up the food chain, teratogenic and causes severe CNS defects in children whose mothers consumed MM-contaminated seafood while pregnant. See Mercury, Minamata disease.
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However, it must be mentioned that some fish have higher contents of methylmercury which is then transferred to humans and can be dangerous to pregnant or nursing women, kids below the age of six and those with malfunctioning kidneys.
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Researchers have long known that wetlands are particularly conducive to conversion of inorganic mercury to methylmercury, the form of mercury that most easily accumulates in organisms.
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They found the enzyme binds to methylmercury and rearranges electrons in the compound, priming it for breakdown.
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