[HTML][HTML] Environmental mercury and its toxic effects

KM Rice, EM Walker Jr, M Wu, C Gillette… - Journal of preventive …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mercury exists naturally and as a man-made contaminant. The release of processed
mercury can lead to a progressive increase in the amount of atmospheric mercury, which …

Human health effects of methylmercury exposure

S Díez - Reviews of environmental contamination and …, 2009 - Springer
Mercury (Hg) has caused a variety of significant and documented adverse effects on human
health and the environment throughout the world. Mercury and the compounds with which it …

Environmental exposure to mercury and its toxicopathologic implications for public health

PB Tchounwou, WK Ayensu… - Environmental …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Mercury is a toxic and hazardous metal that occurs naturally in the earth's crust. Natural
phenomena such as erosion and volcanic eruptions, and anthropogenic activities like metal …

[HTML][HTML] Human exposure and health effects of inorganic and elemental mercury

JD Park, W Zheng - Journal of preventive medicine and public …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mercury is a toxic and non-essential metal in the human body. Mercury is ubiquitously
distributed in the environment, present in natural products, and exists extensively in items …

Low dose mercury toxicity and human health

F Zahir, SJ Rizwi, SK Haq, RH Khan - Environmental toxicology and …, 2005 - Elsevier
Post Minamata incident there has been awareness about mercury toxicity even among the
general public. Previous researches contributed a vast amount of data regarding acute …

Mercury in the environment: effect on health and reproduction

A Bhan, NN Sarkar - Reviews on environmental health, 2005 - degruyter.com
Mercury is a heavy metal that is found naturally in the environment in various forms. Human
activity can release mercury into the air, water, and soil. Mercury is also released into the …

[HTML][HTML] Methylmercury exposure and health effects

YS Hong, YM Kim, KE Lee - Journal of preventive medicine and …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methylmercury is a hazardous substance that is of interest with regard to environmental
health, as inorganic mercury circulating in the general environment is dissolved into …

Toxic effects of mercury on the cardiovascular and central nervous systems

B Fernandes Azevedo, L Barros Furieri… - BioMed Research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental contamination has exposed humans to various metal agents, including
mercury. This exposure is more common than expected, and the health consequences of …

Mercury and health

PM Bolger, BA Schwetz - New England Journal of Medicine, 2002 - Mass Medical Soc
Mercury, particularly methylmercury, is an established worldwide environmental pollutant
with known toxicity in humans. The toxic effects of methylmercury in fish were first brought to …

Human exposure to mercury: a critical assessment of the evidence of adverse health effects

HE Ratcliffe, GM Swanson… - Journal of toxicology and …, 1996 - Taylor & Francis
The ubiquitous nature of mercury in the environment, its global atmospheric cycling, and its
toxicity to humans at levels that are uncomfortably close to exposures experienced by a …