We evaluated the color vision of mercury-contaminated patients and investigated possible retinal origins of losses using electroretinography. Participants were retired workers from a fluorescent lamp industry diagnosed with mercury contamination…
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To study the mortality from cardiovascular diseases after long-term exposure to inorganic mercury. POPULATION AND METHOD: 3,998 workers exposed to mercury in Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes…
Amalgam, which has been in use in dentistry for 150 years, consists of 50% elemental mercury and a mixture of silver, tin, copper and zinc. Minute amounts of mercury vapour…
The first well-documented outbreak of acute methyl mercury (MeHg) poisoning by consumption of contaminated fish occurred in Minamata, Japan, in 1953. The clinical picture was officially recognized and called Minamata…