A Tragic Reminder about Organic Mercury

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Abstract
Exposure to mercury and its potential toxic effects is a subject that involves everyone, because we are all frequently exposed. The toxicologic literature has clearly established the dangers of excessive exposure to mercury. What is less clear is the dose of each form of mercury that presents little or no danger of adverse biologic effects. With numerous possible sources of exposure in the workplace and the environment, the doses of the various forms of mercury to which we are exposed are both medically important and politically contentious.Mercury is used in industry primarily in the manufacture of batteries, latex paint, . . .