Table 1.

Summary of studies investigating the effects of mercury species on MCF7 breast cancer cells.

Study	Treatment Medium	Concentration Range and Hg species	Concentrations Causing Proliferation	Concentrations Causing Cell Death
Choe et al. [14]	DMEM with 5% bovine calf serum	1 μM mercuric chloride	1 μM	Not observed
Martin et al. [5]	IMEM with 5% fetal calf serum	1 μM mercuric chloride	1 μM	Not observed
Zhang et al [11]	RPMI-1640 medium with 10% bovine calf serum	1 pM–10 μM mercuric chloride	1 nM –10 μM	Not observed
Egiebor et al. [15]	MEM with 10% fetal bovine serum	1 μM–70 μM mercury (II) nitrate	Not observed	Not observed; growth inhibited at 70 μM
Sukocheva et al. [28]	DMEM with 5% bovine calf serum	10 nM–100 μM methylmercury	0.5 μM–1 μM	5 μM–100 μM
This study	Hank’s Balanced Salt Solution	1 nM–100 μM methylmercury chloride	1 nM	100 nM– 100 μM

Abbreviations- DMEM (Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium, IMEM (Improved Minimal Essential Medium), RPMI-1640 (Roswell Park Memorial Institute), MEM (Modified Essential Medium).