Assertion: mercury | /r/CapableOf | pass through the placenta
Facets:
value: to fetal brain
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to the fetus
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: readily
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: "Mercury is almost completely absorbed into the blood and distributed to all tissues including the brain; it also readily passes through the placenta to the fetus and fetal brain" (EPA, 1999).