Abstract Where direct experimental research into a causal hypothesis of a disease is impossible due to ethical and practical considerations, epidemiological inference is the accepted route to establishing cause. Therefore,…
Abstract: Mercury exposure has been associated with human deaths and several disease conditions including autoimmune diseases and cancers in experimental animals. At the cellular level mercury interacts with sulphydryl groups…
Mercury levels measured in urine, hair, and saliva of 245 German children (8–10 years old) are reported. Mercury concentrations in urine ranged between <0.1 and 5.3 g/l [geometric mean (GM)…
Dental amalgam is a mercury-based filling containing approximately 50% of metallic mercury (Hg0). Human placenta does not represent a real barrier to the transport of Hg0; hence, fetal exposure occurs…