Vibrant tests for mercury in blood and urine.
The Heavy Metals Panel urine mercury test is used to monitor exposure to mercury; primarily inorganic mercury.
There are some organic forms of mercury, including phenylmercury, which are metabolized to inorganic mercury; however, methylmercury and ethylmercury are not metabolized to inorganic mercury and the primary route of excretion is in the bile and stool; therefore, these alkylmercury compounds are usually not detected in urine.
Vibrant's Heavy Metals Panel measures urine heavy metals using triple quadrupole inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS).