Animal world
The 'devil flea' brings mercury into the human food chain
New research shows that crustaceans throughout Leptodora at night act as an elevator transporting mercury from the lake floor to the surface.
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Space science
Reveal human food to Mars
A group of American experts spent four months living in a small dome-shaped hut on a bare lava field in Hawaii trying to find out what kind of food is suitable for astro…
Medicine - Health
The pathway of toxins from algae to humans through the food chain
The toxin produced by red tide phenomenon due to algae outbreak has the ability to paralyze the very strong nervous system, which once killed people.
Medicine - Health
Mercury is encroaching into the human food chain
Mercury in liquid form is less toxic, but its compounds and salts are very toxic and cause brain damage, liver, and human exposure, breathing or ingestion.