Mercury (Hg) is a toxic heavy metal that changes into various chemical forms through geochemical processes. It is an element that occurs naturally in the environment but with industrialization, humans have altered its cycle by adding more mercury in the water, air, and soil.
ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᑎᖓ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ ᑐᑭᓕᒃ “ᐅᖅᓱᓕᐹᓗᒃ.” ᐊᑎᖓ ᑐᑭᓕᒃ ᖁᐃᓂᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᑦᓯᕐᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓘᕙᓐᓂᕐᒪᑕ ᑖᕙᓂ.
ᐳᓚᕋᑦᑎ ᕈᐊᓪᑦ ᐊᒪᑦᓴᓐ ᑖᕗᖓᕆᐊᓐᖓᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥᓂᖅ 1903-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕆᐊᕋᓱᖅᓱᓂ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᑲᔾᔨᖓᑕ ᒥᑦᓵᓄᑦ. 2003-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ (ᐃᓄᖏᑦ ᒥᑦᓵᓂᑦᑐᑦ 1185) ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓂᖅᓯᐅᔪᔪᑦ 100-ᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂᒃ ᐊᒃᒪᓐᓴᓐ ᑎᑭᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᓂᑕᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᒐᓗᐊᖅᓱᓂ, ᓄᓇᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᓐᓂᖅᐹᒥᒃ ᐊᓇᐅᓕᒑᕐᕕᒻᒥᒃ ᒎᓪᕝ, ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕈᓰᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᐅᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ, ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᑦᓱᓂ ᑲᑕᔾᔭᕐᓂᖅ, ᕿᓚᐅᔾᔭᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᓐᓂᖅ.