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Does seafood have the same type of mercury as a thermometer?

April 26, 2017mercury seafood thermometer type

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Does seafood have the same type of mercury as a thermometer?

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No, there are different forms of mercury. Thermometers have elemental mercury. Mercury found in the ocean or freshwater consumed by fish is a carbon based compound or "organic compound". Methylmercury is found in seafood.