Friday, February 8, 2013
OAK RIDGE - An Oak Ridge-based research team has identified two genes in microorganisms that are responsible for an environmental process that converts mercury into its most toxic form - methylmercury.
The discovery is being hailed by scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a long-awaited breakthrough and a possible step toward minimizing the global health hazards of mercury in the environment.
The research results will be published in the prestigious journal Science.
Read more at Knoxnews.com.