Toxicity of mercury: Molecular evidence

L Yang, Y Zhang, F Wang, Z Luo, S Guo, U Strähle - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Minamata disease in Japan and the large-scale poisoning by methylmercury (MeHg) in Iraq
caused wide public concerns about the risk emanating from mercury for human health …

A review of global environmental mercury processes in response to human and natural perturbations: Changes of emissions, climate, and land use

D Obrist, JL Kirk, L Zhang, EM Sunderland, M Jiskra… - Ambio, 2018 - Springer
We review recent progress in our understanding of the global cycling of mercury (Hg),
including best estimates of Hg concentrations and pool sizes in major environmental …

Oceans and coastal ecosystems and their services

S Cooley, D Schoeman, L Bopp, P Boyd, S Donner… - 2023 - digital.csic.es
Ocean and coastal ecosystems support life on Earth and many aspects of human well-being.
Covering two-thirds of the planet, the ocean hosts vast biodiversity and modulates the global …

Rivers as the largest source of mercury to coastal oceans worldwide

M Liu, Q Zhang, T Maavara, S Liu, X Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mercury is a potent neurotoxic substance and accounts for 250,000 intellectual disabilities
annually. Worldwide, coastal fisheries contribute the majority of human exposure to mercury …

Highly efficient and selective Hg (II) removal from water by thiol-functionalized MOF-808: Kinetic and mechanism study

C Ji, Y Ren, H Yu, M Hua, L Lv, W Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Mercury pollution poses a serious threat to the ecological environment and public health
due to its high toxicity and persistence, but there is still a lack of rapid and effective Hg (II) …

Updated global and oceanic mercury budgets for the United Nations Global Mercury Assessment 2018

PM Outridge, RP Mason, F Wang… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
In support of international efforts to reduce mercury (Hg) exposure in humans and wildlife,
this paper reviews the literature concerning global Hg emissions, cycling and fate, and …

Multiphase chemistry at the atmosphere–biosphere interface influencing climate and public health in the anthropocene

U Pöschl, M Shiraiwa - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Multiphase chemistry plays a vital role in the Earth system, climate, and health. Chemical
reactions, mass transport, and phase transitions between gases, liquids, and solids are …

Dissolved organic matter thiol concentrations determine methylmercury bioavailability across the terrestrial-marine aquatic continuum

E Seelen, V Liem-Nguyen, U Wünsch… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The most critical step for methylmercury (MeHg) bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs is
phytoplankton uptake of dissolved MeHg. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) has been known …

Mercury stable isotopes constrain atmospheric sources to the ocean

M Jiskra, LE Heimbürger-Boavida, MM Desgranges… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Human exposure to toxic mercury (Hg) is dominated by the consumption of seafood 1, 2.
Earth system models suggest that Hg in marine ecosystems is supplied by atmospheric wet …

Highly Efficient and Selective Hg(II) Removal from Water Using Multilayered Ti3C2Ox MXene via Adsorption Coupled with Catalytic Reduction Mechanism

K Fu, X Liu, D Yu, J Luo, Z Wang… - … Science & Technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Mercury (Hg) removal is crucial to the safety of water resources, yet it lacks an effective
removal technology, especially for emergency on-site remediation. Herein, multilayered …