BACKGROUND Mercury and mercury compounds (inorganic and organic) can cause acute or chronic poisoning. Acute poisonings, especially with inorganic salts, are widely described, but only sparse data are available on intoxication from oral elemental mercury. We report a case of elemental mercury ingestion followed by pulmonary aspiration of the elemental mercury. CASE REPORT A 49-year-old woman ...

Recently, worldwide media attention has focused on the effects of mercury pollution on the environment, and the resultant health consequences in pregnant women, fetuses, and children.1 Mercury occurs naturally in the environment and is a recognized neurotoxin at high doses.2 It cannot be broken down, thus making it one of the elements of the periodic table. Mercury naturally cycles through the ...

Mercury occurs in various chemical forms, and it is different to health effects according to chemical forms. In consideration of the point, the evaluation of the mercury exposure to human distinguished from occupational and environmental exposure. With strict to manage occupational exposure in factory, it is declined mercury intoxication cases by metallic and inorganic mercury inhalation to occ...

When I decide to tell a wider audience everything about personal troubles, which in themselves do not concern others and therefore should not be worth publishing, it is because of an intense wish to spare others, who have anything to do with metallic mercury, the very bad experiences which have destroyed a major part of my life and to very emphatically warn against the volatile metal. I can fre...

FT-IR spectra of liver tissue isolated from mice, Mus musculus, have been recorded in the region of 4000 – 400 cm-1 for normal, mercury treated and recovery phase. In this study, the total protein content was found to be decreased in the liver tissues after treatment with median-lethal dose of mercuric chloride. The marked fall in the level of bio-chemical constituent in the tissue due to metal...

Four methods of determining the concentration of mercury in human urine have been studied. A simple method suitable for general laboratory use is recommended and the requirements for accurate results are defined. The method employs mild oxidation with permanganate and HS(2)O(4) followed by dithizone extraction and measurement of absorbance at 485 nm and 620 nm.No mercury was detected in any of ...

Mercury is a silvery white liquid metal that is volatile at room temperature due to its high vapour pressure. It exists in different oxidation states and can form a number of compounds. Mercury and its compounds can be absorbed into the human body by inhalation, ingestion, and through the skin. It is toxic when certain threshold values are exceeded. Acute toxicity is due to the inactivation of ...

Mercury is a metal that has long been used because of its many advantages from the physical and chemical points of view. However, mercury is very toxic to many life forms, including humans, and mercury poisoning has repeatedly been reported. The main chemical forms of mercury are elemental mercury (Hg(0)), divalent mercury (Hg(2+)) and methylmercury (CH(3)-Hg(+)), the toxicities and metabolisms...