Mercury can change into the environment into methylmercury, its most toxic form, which readily passes both the placental barrier and the blood-brain barrier with the risk of causing damage to the nervous system, and thus making it particularly harmful to foetal development.
Mercury can change into the environment into methylmercury, its most toxic form, which readily passes both the placental barrier and the blood-brain barrier with the risk of causing damage to the nervous system, and thus making it particularly harmful to foetal development.