This review covers the toxicology of mercury and its compounds. Special attention is paid to
those forms of mercury of current public health concern. Human exposure to the vapor of …

Acute or chronic mercury exposure can cause adverse effects during any period of
development. Mercury is a highly toxic element; there is no known safe level of exposure …

“Empowering and thoroughly researched, this book offers useful contemporary analysis and
possible solutions to one of the greatest threats to democracy.”—Kirkus Reviews Editors' …

Mercury has long been recognised as toxic, principally in relation to its effects on humans
following acute or prolonged high-level occupational exposures and, in the latter half of the …

Objective To examine biomarkers of methylmercury (MeHg) intake in women and infants
from seafood-consuming populations globally and characterize the comparative risk of fetal …

Exposure to toxic mercury (Hg) is a growing health hazard throughout the world today.
Recent studies show that mercury exposure may occur in the environment, and increasingly …

Context.—Human neurodevelopmental consequences of exposure to methylmercury
(MeHg) from eating fish remain a question of public health concern. Objective.—To study the …

This review summarizes the level of epidemiologic evidence for relationships between
prenatal and/or early life exposure to environmental chemical contaminants and fetal, child …

Fish and other seafood may contain organic mercury but also beneficial nutrients such as n-
3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. We endeavored to study whether maternal fish consumption …

Summary Introduction Exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) before birth can adversely affect
children's neurodevelopment. The most common form of prenatal exposure is aternal fish …