Mercury

to a giant trashcan for people to dispose of their sewage, chemicals, and garbage. Two consequences of this transition, mercury contamination and dead zones, have come to threaten the ocean’s ecosystems, which directly affects us. Mercury and lead contamination in the ocean is a widespread problem that is affecting organisms throughout the world. Humans play a big role in mercury…

As a child you were probably very amused by the surreal properties of Mercury. Especially if you have ever seen it when it a Thermometer breaks as it floats in giant lumped up bubbles. Well there is much more than meets the eye in thermometers. For many, questioning things as a child is just a natural thing. For adults it becomes just something that is accepted, but their is many things that go into effect to make Mercury what it is. The book “The Disappearing Spoon”, by Sam Kean is a book that…

Shark fins, the main ingredient found in shark fin soup, can be highly toxic to humans, additionally, it poses many serious threats to human health. Shark meat, including fins, contain high levels of BMAA, these high levels could pose a major threat to the consumer’s health. A recent study by the University of Miami found high concentrations of beta-Methylamino-L-alanine, or BMAA, in shark fins. BMAA is a neurotoxin linked to many neurodegenerative diseases in humans, such diseases include…

Phlogiston theory The phlogiston theory states that the every combustible substance on this planet contains phlogiston. When a combustible substance is burned, phlogiston is released into the air. The people behind the phlogiston theory believed that the whenever a substance sets on fire, the fire gives off phlogiston. The phlogiston was believed be the kind of gas which causes fire. Without phlogiston, the combustible substance won’t be able to set on fire. In the late 1660’s a scientist…

herons, bald eagles, bobcats, armadillos and manatees. A pollutant that has been found is mercury, considered dangerous because it accumulates in the body for years and can lead to nerve and brain damage.…

preservative called thimerosal which contained mercury was thought to be the cause of autism, but this preservative was mostly eliminated from all childhood vaccines, and yet…

globally in the seventeenth century. This great invention is named after a German science instrument maker, Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686- 1736). His invention has revolutionised the design of thermometer in 1724, when he conducted the thermometer with mercury instead of alcohol. This innovation has made a significant contribution to the medical field and was a step up in the development of thermometer. Gabriel Fahrenheit was a Polish-born Dutch physicist raised in a wealthy merchant family. After…

leaching mercury. This is so unsettling that this data was not on the front page of every newspaper and on every newscast. Dufault sends (HFCS) to three reputable labs and most samples have Mercury. Dufault informs FDA of her findings and then told to quit her investigations. She tries to pursue the matter, but FDA buddies up with the Corn Refiners Association and insist there is nothing wrong with the form of mercury in (HFCS). The HFCS manufacturers state that they no longer use…

The Launcher is a ride that will thrill all ages and suit any family. Launcher will take riders from Earth, to space, and then into the planet Mercury. Launcher is a ride that will suit all types of people. The car the riders sit in is a rocket ship that will sit up to 12 people. 60 mph is the top speed for Launcher, riders may think that is really slow for a roller coaster, but in order for riders to get the full experience for traveling through space, the ride has to travel slower. When…

instruments. As seen from Earth, Mercury appears to cross the disk of the sun — an event known as a transit — only about 13 times per century. Currently, transits of Mercury always occur in either May or November (this changes over hundreds of years), with spring transits only occurring about a third of the time. Read More: Mars' Streaky Slopes May Have Been Carved Out by Boiling Water "During May transits, Mercury's closer to us,…