Mercury is a highly toxic environmental metal that can lead to mercury toxicity or poisoning when consumed, inhaled, or touched. Common symptoms of mercury poisoning include muscle weakness ...

The results, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help researchers figure out new ways to address methylmercury poisoning. “Nobody knew how mercury is methylated ...

However, you have to consume a fair quantity of tuna for a considerable period to start worrying about mercury-related poisoning ... at time of publishing. Text, images, and links may be edited ...

Minamata disease is methylmercury poisoning that leads to neurological symptoms. The condition develops after a person has been eating heavily contaminated seafood daily. The first record of Minamata ...

Pregnant women and children are primarily at risk of mercury poisoning. Eating fish from mercury polluted rivers can cause severe disability including deafness and blurring of vision, mental ...

A two-year-old child in Delhi was saved from mercury toxicity thanks to quick hospital intervention after swallowing mercury from a broken thermometer. Initial observations showed no signs of distress ...

Children are particularly vulnerable to mercury poisoning. According to the Cincinnati Fire Department medical director, symptoms of mercury poisoning from short-term exposure include a flu-like ...

Methylmercury – concentrated in fish and then consumed by people – is a key contributor to mercury poisoning. Now, researchers have revealed new details of how microbes produce methylmercury, ...

A CHESS queen caught on CCTV apparently poisoning a rival's board with mercury will not be charged after prosecutors dropped the case. Chilling footage showed Russian chess pro Amina Abakarova ...

Chelation therapy (pronounced key-lay-shun) is “only useful for a handful of cases of toxicity, usually from industrial or ...