The Claim

Inorganic mercury is consistently detected in thyroid follicular cells of older adults using autometallography and confirmed by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, with co-localization observed for cadmium, lead, iron, and nickel in the same cells.

Source: Mercury in the human thyroid gland: Potential implications for thyroid cancer, autoimmune thyroiditis, and hypothyroidism

What the research says

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In plain English

Scientists have found traces of toxic metals like mercury, lead, and cadmium in the thyroid cells of older people, and these metals are often found together in the same spots.

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Inorganic mercury is consistently detected in thyroid follicular cells of older adults using autometallography and confirmed by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, with co-localization observed for cadmium, lead, iron, and nickel in the same cells.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Mercury in the human thyroid gland: Potential implications for thyroid cancer, autoimmune thyroiditis, and hypothyroidism

    Scientists found that older adults often have mercury and other toxic metals stuck in their thyroid cells, using two different high-tech methods to confirm it. This matches exactly what the claim says.

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