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Yes. If enough is consumed, methyl Mercury can be extremely poisonous to the human body.

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Which is More toxic to humans inorganic Mercury or methyl Mercury?

Methyl mercury is more toxic


What is the purest form of mercury?

Yes it is. Methyl mercury is a soft Lewis acid and it binds to sulfur atoms, which are soft Lewis bases, in amino acids such as glutathione.


How much drinking mercury can kill a human?

unuf to kill you


Is the element mercury more soluble in water than methyl mercury?

the element cannot be dissolved in water at all. so methyl mercury is the answer.


Most toxic form of Mercury?

not methyl mercury most toxic form of mercury is dimethyl mercury


Is methyl mercury organic or inorganic?

organic


What is the most common contaminant found in fish?

mercury Due to pollution, mercury can build up in the water where microorganisms convert it to the toxic methyl mercury


How much methyl mercury would need to be ingested to harm a fetus?

It will take 69 oz.


What can mercury do?

Mercury can Kill you if you consume it. Mercury used to be used in thermometrs.


What human explorations has there been on Mercury?

No human explorations has been nor can be on Mercury.


Will Mercury kill cattle?

Yes. Mercury has the very same effects on cattle as it does on humans, which means that any level or exposure of mercury can and will kill.


Can Mercury kill a human?

If many amounts are injected orally, it can kill a human. If mercury (quicksilver) is left in a room where animals or human live, its fumes will slowly cause poisoning and death. This kind of death is easily detected by forensic medicine. Mercury can kill humans, it all depends on the mercury your talking about, there is some mercury that you can buy off the internet that i call element mercury which isn't as dangerous but i still do not recomend holding it or drinking it, i myself have held element mercury but, again, i do not recomend holding mercury. According to the medical institute of Rathford Medical Diagnostics, Mercury attaches to human cells creating a substance known as h2Lima creating a non fighting protein omega three. Thes lipids are depelted in fast numbers. A study done of women over the age of 23 indicated the chances of receiving mercury poisining at an alarming rate of 1 out of 5 with the posibility of becoming sick within three days after eating fish.