Using a water-based solution with this amino acid draws mercury out of fish and requires no additional production steps. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of ...

This method uses a cysteine-based aqueous solution to extract mercury from fish proteins, with the displaced mercury then captured on thiolated silica for removal. Fish is often considered a ...

Using a water-based solution with this amino acid draws mercury out of fish and requires no additional production steps. An estimated 10% of Americans eat canned tuna at least once a week ...