Suiumury:The uptake of inorganic niercury and plienylmcrcuiy by fish directly from wa,ter a,s veil as sorbed on food and the release of both forms of mercury has been investigated in order t o determine thc cuninlation and re1e:tse constants. The rsdiochernical analysis of different forms of mercury has shown that phenylmercury is rapidly transfornied in fish into inorganic niercury, which is slo~vly transformed into methylmercury.
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