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SUBMITTER: Ando S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3045475 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20110204 8
Mercury is a major threat to the environment and to human health. It is highly desirable to develop a user-friendly kit for on-site mercury detection. Such a method must be able to detect mercury below the threshold levels for drinking water, 1-2 ppb. We developed a fluorescence method based on the oxymercuration of vinyl ethers to detect mercury in dental and environmental samples. Chloride ions interfered with the oxymercuration reaction, but the addition of AgNO(3) solved this problem. Fine e ...[more]