Mercury is a global pollutant due to its widespread use,
emission, and long-range transport (Blum, 2013; Pacyna et al.,
2010). It is considered a priority pollutant due to its neurological
toxicity, persistence, and bioaccumulation (Pacyna et al., 2010;
Sharma et al., 2015). Mercury pollution can occur when products
that contain mercury are improperly disposed of and mercury is
released into the air, water, and soil (Zhang and Wong, 2007). An
estimated 22% of the annual world usage of mercury is in
electrical equipment such as batteries, thermometers, and
discharge lamps, and electronic devices such as monitors and
mobile phones (Streets et al., 2005; Wang, 2007; Wong et al.,
2006; Wu et al., 2006)