The first record of Minamata disease was in Japan in the 1950s. At the time, people ate fish that had been contaminated by large quantities of mercury compounds that were discharged into Minamata Bay ...
The mercury concentration should be given on an elemental basis, not on a mercury compound basis. The default value is a function of the coal rank. •Mercury in Auxiliary Gas (elemental): This input ...
Researchers have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how mercury transforms into methylmercury, a toxic compound that accumulates in fish and shellfish. This process concentrates the ...