Archeology
Found evidence of mercury poisoning in humans more than 5,000 years ago
The earliest evidence of mercury poisoning has been found in 5,000-year-old human skeletons buried in Spain and Portugal, according to a new study.
Mercury Poison
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History
The mystery of deaths 5,000 years ago related to mercury poisoning
Scientists have found the first evidence of mercury poisoning in 5,000-year-old human bones in Spain and Portugal causing horrific deaths.
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The Earth was heavily contaminated with mercury before the collision with the Chicxulub meteorite
A new study has just published that before Chicxulub asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, dinosaurs and other living creatures were faced with toxic levels of me…
Animal world
Mercury river dolphins are poisoned with mercury
Conservationists found alarming levels of mercury poisoning in the Amazon river dolphins population due to illegal gold mining.
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The path of mercury in the environment
Mercury is a bioaccumulating toxin that can seriously affect human health.
Life
Symptoms of mercury poisoning and how to prevent it
Mercury is a bioaccumulating toxin that can seriously affect human health. So how dangerous is mercury poisoning and is there any way to handle it safely?
Environment
Current situation of mercury emissions worldwide
Manual and small-scale gold mining is a major source of mercury emissions in South America and sub-Saharan Africa, as mercury is often used to extract gold.
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What happens when you drink mercury?
Summer came, I kept checking the thermometer to see how hot it was. When the temperature reached 25 degrees Celsius, I would go to the beach to play, set up tents and pl…
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6 ways to become immortal unbelievable in human history
If risking your life means that, in a way, will bring about a significant life-span, will you accept to go on that path to the end?
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Terrifying cases of mercury poisoning in history
Thousands of years ago, people knew mercury. At that time, the Chinese and Indians believed that mercury was a kind of medicine that helped people to live immortality, h…
Oceanography
84% of the world fish is contaminated with mercury
The Maine State Institute for Biodiversity Research (USA) has reported that up to 84% of fish worldwide contain a significant amount of mercury to human health, accordin…
Archeology
Write the Bible to make the clergy poisoned
Medieval bones from six different Danish cemeteries show that clergy - those who write the Bible and other religious documents - may have been exposed to toxic mercury,…
Environment
Where can mercury in the air come from
Mercury can be generated from coal-fired power plants, incinerators and forest fires.
Environment
Mist containing mercury poisoned the US city
Mist from the Pacific Ocean swept into San Francisco, USA, carrying toxic mercury compounds.
Videos
Video: Chemical reaction 'The snake of Pharaoh'
The experiment burned an extremely toxic compound of mercury that produced interesting results named after