Milena Horvat

TL;DR: In this paper, two isolation procedures for the separation of methyl mercury compounds (MeHg) from natural water samples, followed by aqueous phase ethylation, precollection on the Carbotrap, isothermal gas chromatography and cold vapour atomic fluorescence (CV-AFS) detection were compared and evaluated.

TL;DR: A synthesis of the current knowledge on the human health effects of low-level MeHg exposure to provide a basis for future research efforts, risk assessment, and exposure remediation policies worldwide is undertaken.

TL;DR: The general conclusion is that Hg contamination in Wanshan is geographically more widespread, due to deposition and scavenging of Hg from contaminated air and deposition on land, and the population mostly at risk is located in the vicinity of smelting facilities, mining activities and close to the waste disposal sites in the wider area of Wansan.

TL;DR: The use of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in speciation analysis has increased tremendously in recent years as mentioned in this paper, and it is the most popular detector for the laboratories working on the biogeochemical cycling of Hg.

TL;DR: The improved mercury speciation method is five-fold faster than the original method, allowing up to 80 samples to be analyzed within 8 hr, and increased the precision of the ethylation reaction and refined the MMHg determination.