Mercury transformations in algae, plants, and animals: The occurrence, mechanisms, and gaps

S Li, Z Li, M Wu, Y Zhou, W Tang, H Zhong - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant showing potent toxicity to living organisms. The
transformations of Hg are critical to global Hg cycling and Hg exposure risks, considering Hg …

Strategies for mercury speciation with single and multi-element approaches by HPLC-ICP-MS

L Favilli, A Giacomino, M Malandrino, P Inaudi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mercury (Hg) and its compounds are highly toxic for humans and ecosystems, and their
chemical forms determine both their behavior and transportation as well as their potential …

[HTML][HTML] Arctic methylmercury cycling

S Jonsson, MN Mastromonaco, F Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic mercury (Hg) undergoes long-range transport to the Arctic where some of it is
transformed into methylmercury (MeHg), potentially leading to high exposure in some Arctic …

Dimethylmercury as a Source of Monomethylmercury in a Highly Productive Upwelling System

HM Adams, X Cui, CH Lamborg… - … Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Monomethylmercury (MMHg) is a neurotoxicant that biomagnifies in marine food webs,
reaching high concentrations in apex predators. To predict changes in oceanic MMHg …

[HTML][HTML] Atmospheric monomethylmercury: Inferred sources constrained by observations and implications for human exposure

P Wu, Z Song, P Zhang, S Huang, T Yuan… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Monomethylmercury (MMHg) is a potent neurotoxin that poses a threat to human health.
MMHg cycles in all spheres of the Earth but the sources and fate of atmospheric MMHg are …

Low mercury concentrations in a Greenland glacial fjord attributed to oceanic sources

MR Lindeman, F Straneo, HM Adams… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
As the role of the Greenland Ice Sheet in the Arctic mercury (Hg) budget draws scrutiny, it is
crucial to understand mercury cycling in glacial fjords, which control exchanges with the …

Light-induced degradation of dimethylmercury in different natural waters

Y Chen, Q Zhang, L Zhang, X Liu, Y Li, R Liu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Photo-induced degradation of dimethylmercury (DMHg) is considered to be an important
source for the generation of methylmercury (MMHg). However, studies on DMHg …

Assessing comparability and uncertainty of analytical methods for methylated mercury species in seawater

A Kleindienst, I Živković, E Tessier, A Koenig… - Analytica Chimica …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The relative distribution and importance of monomethylmercury (MMHg) and
dimethylmercury (DMHg) in seawater is still under debate. A lack of comparability between …

A high-efficiency decomposition method for mono and dimethylmercury induced by low-energy electron attachment (<≈ 7 eV): A computational insight into the …

S Hadidi - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Dimethylmercury (DMM) and monomethylmercury (MMM) are extremely toxic and
dangerous environmental contaminants. Unfortunately, there is no effective way to remove …

[HTML][HTML] Considerations for future quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) modelling for heavy metals–A case study of mercury

R von Hellfeld, C Gade, N Vargesson, A Hastings - Toxicology, 2023 - Elsevier
With increasing annual chemical development and production, safety testing demands and
requirements have also increased. In addition to traditional animal testing, quantitative …