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Methylmercury is difficult to remove from waterways and readily accumulates in the food chain, threatening humans with impacts such as birth defects and brain and neurological damage. Researchers have identified a molecule essential for the microbial conversion of less toxic inorganic mercury into the neurotoxin methylmercury, moving closer to blocking the dangerous pollutant before it forms.

Targeting toxic mercury prevention | ORNL

Targeting toxic mercury prevention | ORNL

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