Methylmercury (MeHg) is a potent neurotoxicant that adversely affects human health. Wild-caught marine species sold in the global commercial seafood market are the main MeHg exposure source for many ...

1 Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil 2 Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de ...

Mercury is extraordinarily toxic, but it becomes especially dangerous when transformed into methylmercury—a form so harmful that just a few billionths of a gram can cause severe and lasting ...

Although there are many studies on the health effects of methylmercury (MeHg) toxicity during in utero and early development, little is known about its effects on mineralized tissues present in the ...

Minamata disease is caused by eating seafood contaminated with methylmercury, which was dumped into a Japanese bay from the 1950s to the 1960s. It causes neurological symptoms such as headache, ...

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Environmental methylmercury (MeHg) exposure has gained global attention owing to its serious health hazards, especially neurotoxicity. Ferroptosis is a novel form of programmed cell death ...

A panel shows a Japanese dace at the Niigata Minamata Disease Museum in the city of Niigata's Kita Ward, on March 19, 2024. The fish inhabit the Agano River running through Niigata Prefecture.

Recent studies have shown that rice consumption can be an important pathway of methylmercury (MeHg) exposure to humans in Hg mining areas and also in certain inland areas of Southwestern China. The ...

Humans are exposed to more mercury from eating fish, marine mammals, and crustaceans than from any other source, according to the Food & Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency.