Chronic exposure to methyl-mercury increases of neurodegenerative disease
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 06:00
in Health & Medicine
The research team led by Prof. Samuel Lo, Associate Head of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, recently discovered that chronic exposure to low-dose methyl-mercury, an environmental contaminant commonly found in seafood, may increase the risk of developing neurodegenerative disease.
