## 3 Results  
The mercury level values for all subgroups are presented in Table 1. To examine the effects of time and group on mercury level values, a two-way repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied (Table 2). When all groups were considered together and each time point was examined individually, it was observed that mercury release increased from baseline to day 30. However, this increase was not linear, and the rate of increase gradually declined over time (_p_ < 0.001) (Figure 1). Additionally, the time * group interaction was also found to be statistically significant (_p_ < 0.001) (Figure 2). The lowest mercury release value in this study was observed in G1 at baseline (0.043 \(\pm\) 0.009), while the highest value was recorded in G6 at day 30 (0.157 \(\pm\) 0.009). A strong statistical difference in mercury release among the groups was detected when comparing the baseline to day 30 (_p_ < 0.001). A similar pattern was also observed between the baseline and day 1. Other intervals showing statistically significant differences included baseline to day 2, day 1 to day 30, day 2 to day 7, and day 7 to day 30. The significance of this interaction suggests that the observed changes in mercury levels over time differ across groups. When examining between-group effects, it was determined that, independent of time, there were statistically significant differences in mercury level values among the groups (_p_ < 0.001). In each group, the mercury release levels increased from baseline to day 30. The groups were compared pairwise within themselves at five different time points (Table 3). The lowest mercury release at baseline and at the end of day 30 was observed in G1, while the highest values were observed in G6. In pairwise comparisons, statistically significant differences over time were found between all groups except between G4 and G5. Additionally, the effect of changes over time on the pairwise comparisons between groups was also determined (Table 4). When G1 and G2 were compared to all other groups, they exhibited statistically significant differences at every interval, consistently demonstrating lower mercury release levels. Between G3 and G4, a statistically significant difference in mercury release was observed only at the end of day 30, with no significant differences at the remaining time points. In contrast, G4 and G5 showed no statistically significant differences at any interval. Although mercury release levels increased progressively from day 1 to day 30 across all groups, an analysis of the release rate revealed that the rate of mercury release on day 30 was lower than that observed on the first day. This indicates a non-linear, progressively decelerating pattern of mercury release over time. When examining mercury release in pairwise groups across two time intervals, a statistically significant difference was observed between G1 and G2 at baseline and day 1 (_p_ = 0.032), while strong statistical differences were found at the end of days 2 and 7 (_p_ < 0.001). When considering the baseline and day 30, statistically significant differences were detected between G2 and G6 (_p_ = 0.017), and strong statistical significance was observed between G1 and G6, as well as between G3 and G6 (_p_ < 0.001).