MERCURY IN THE ENVIRONMENT
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Date
1971-09
Authors
Tsuneyoshi, Kunio
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Abstract
The chances of us being exposed to mercury and its compounds are significant. During the past, farmers, miners, and manufacturers have used millions of pounds of mercury annually. Mercury containing agricultural chemicals are used widely because of their antifungal activity and mercury is used extensively in the manufacturing of many inorganic and organic chemicals, pulp, felt, and electrical appliances. The pollution resulting from these applications eventually finds its way into our food and water supply. The different forms of mercury which get into the environment can be converted to the more dangerous methylmercury by microorganisms. The ingestion of polluted freshwater and saltwater fish is probably the main route by which mercury enters the human body. In heavily polluted water the mercury level in fish can be very high.
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75 pages
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Marine Biology, Mercury