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The Toxicology of Mercury — Current Exposures and Clinical Manifestations

 

Thomas W. Clarkson, Ph.D., Laszlo Magos, M.D., and Gary J. Myers, M.D.

 

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Mercury has been used commercially and medically for centuries. In the past

it was a common constituent of many medications. It is still used in

hospitals in thermometers and blood-pressure cuffs and commercially in

batteries, switches, and fluorescent light bulbs. Large quantities of

metallic mercury are employed as electrodes in the electrolytic production

of chlorine and sodium hydroxide from saline. These uses still give rise to

accidental and occupational exposures.1

 

Today, however, exposure of the general population comes from three major

sources: fish consumption, dental amalgams, and vaccines. Each has its own

characteristic form of mercury and distinctive toxicologic . . . (Click here

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Mercury Vapor from Dental Amalgams

 

Mercury Vapor from Quicksilver in the Home

 

Methyl Mercury

 

Exposure in Adults

 

Prenatal Exposure

 

Thimerosal in Vaccines

 

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