Methylmercury is the organic form of mercury and is formed when microscopic organisms combine mercury with carbon. It is highly toxic to the human body and is the form that we are exposed to the ...
The heavy metal accumulates in tuna and other fish in an especially toxic form, methylmercury, which comes from mercury released by coal-fired power plants and other industrial or natural sources ...
The ruling concluded that individuals could be diagnosed with Minamata disease even if exposure to methylmercury was at low levels as long as the exposure extended over a long period. The ruling ...