Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Microalgae Vs. Mercury
August 09, 2023
August 09, 2023
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
In the search for ways to fight methylmercury in global waterways, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered that some forms of phytoplankton are good at degrading the potent neurotoxin.
Phytoplankton, or microalgae, are known as accumulators of methylmercury. The plankton introduce methylmercury into the food chain, where it make . . .
In the search for ways to fight methylmercury in global waterways, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered that some forms of phytoplankton are good at degrading the potent neurotoxin.
Phytoplankton, or microalgae, are known as accumulators of methylmercury. The plankton introduce methylmercury into the food chain, where it make . . .