Mercury in corn syrup

BunsenBurner
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:39:13 +0000

shades_children, absolutely true. Organomercury compounds are very toxic. Elemental mercury released into the environment gets converted into methylmercury by microorganisms and the resulting compound accumulates in the food chain, especially in predator types of fish. The so-called Minamata disease was caused by organomercury compounds. Several years ago, a chemistry researcher doing experiments with organomercury compounds spilled a tiny drop of dimethylmercury onto her glove, which meant her death sentence.

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