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2026.10.15
Hair Mercury Test Results from ICMGP 2026
2026.9.18
NIMD Forum 2026 to be held.
2026.4.8
Regarding the additional loan of rehabilitation equipment from the National Institute for Minamata Disease to local medical institutions and the extension of the loan period
2026.4.1
We have released the repository.
2026.3.11
We have released a manual for responding to mercury leaks (available for download).
2026.3.5
Regarding the loan of rehabilitation equipment to four regional medical institutions
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2026.4.30
Method Development and Production of an Ambient-Stable Blood Certified Reference Material for Total Mercury, Methylmercury, and Trace Elements
2026.1.22
Distribution and function of prokaryotes involved in mercury methylation, demethylation, and reduction in the western North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
2025.12.4
Treadmill exercise protects against methylmercury neurotoxicity by increasing BDNF in the mouse brain
2025.9.25
Mercury cycling in grasslands: deposition, plant uptake, and biomass-burning emissions
2025.3.13
Assessing the role of selenium in Minamata disease through reanalysis of historical samples
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