The health risk caused by the accumulation of mercury(Hg)and methylmercury(Me Hg)in rice grain has gained increasing attention. To investigate the factors that affect the uptake of inorganic Hg and Me Hg in rice in the Wanshan mercury mine area of Guizhou Province, rice plant and soil samples were collected at Gou Xi village, Aozhai village, and Sikeng and Wukeng. Using correlation analysis,we investigated the effects of soil factors, such as inorganic Hg and sulfur content, soil pH, total sulfur, organic matter, and Me Hg, on the absorptio...