Organic Mercury Poisoning, especially Its Outbreak in Niigata

[Organic mercury poisoning].

An outbreak of food poisoning due to enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 in Niigata, Japan.

*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Environment and Public Health Inspection Division, Health, Social Welfare and Environmental Administration Department, Nagaoka Regional Promotion Bureau, Niigata Prefecture, 2711-1 Kawasaki-Machi, Nagaoka-Shi, Niigata 940-0861, Japan. Tel: +81-258-33-4939, Fax: +81-258-33-4933, E-mail: [email protected]. lg.jp Laboratory and Epidemiology Commun...

[Mercury poisoning].

Certain heavy metals such as mercury, lead, arsenic and cadmium are toxic even in reduced concentrations in blood. Their accumulation in the body causes serious illnesses. The most important heavy metals in human pathology are: mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As) and lead (Pb). The author mentions the heavy metal sources of poisoning, their toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics, clinical featu...

Organic Phosphorus Poisoning and Its Therapy

Mercury Poisoning From Dental Amalgam

This report is a critical evaluation of the use of dental amalgam with special consideration of the possibility of chronic mercury poisoning. The description of psychic and somatic symptoms associated with corrosion of amalgam might help people with similar symptoms to recognize the possible source of their problems. Medical practitioners need to recognize the characteristic manifestations of m...