Nonetheless, it contains a form of mercury called ethylmercury, which anti-vaccinationists claim causes autism and other neurological disorders.

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It was among the first general-purpose computers capable of storing programs in rewritable memory, which took the form of mercury delay lines.

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The researchers have genetically engineered plants that can transform toxic mercury to a much weaker, virtually harmless, form known as elemental mercury.

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New York Times writer Paul Krugman finally got his Christmas wish from the EPA in the form of new mercury and air standards for power plants.

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Once the container is spinning at the correct speed (typically a few revolutions per minute), the mercury spreads out to form a layer less than a millimetre thick, and in such a way that variations in the thickness of the mercury layer compensate for the imperfect shape of the container.

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And for the first time, plants using the worst chemicals--substances such as mercury, labeled persistent bioaccumulative toxins--would be able to use the short form, so long as they use less than 500 pounds of that chemical and release none into the environment.

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