Mercury is the chemical element with atomic number 80, which means that eighty electrons orbit the nucleus of an atom of mercury. This metal is liquid when it is at room temperature. It is used especially to make the tin amalgam used to fill teeth. Mercuric chloride (or sublimate) is fatal from 1 g. The mercury poisoning is called mercury poisoning or mercury. Mercury is currently involved in various drugs, especially the powerful antiseptics such as Mercurochrome or dibromo-hydroxy-mercury-fluorescein and is also used in ophthalmology. Industrially, mercury is used in the electrical industry and in the manufacture of thermometers, batteries, batteries, paint and varnish.
Once absorbed, mercury salts may accumulate in certain organs: liver, red blood cells, bone marrow, kidneys, spleen, intestines, lungs, skin and central nervous system.
Minamata disease in Japan is representative of the mercury poisoning. In this country, especially in Minamata Bay, pollution caused by industrial waste and methyl derivatives of mercury (chemical form of mercury use), resulted in the contamination of fish. Secondarily, the consumption of these fish was the cause of serious disorders, including during pregnancy, causing malformations in newborns. Unfortunately, this type of food poisoning by mercury is common, and is also found in other country.
It was also reported poisonings of newborns exposed to mercury because of faulty switches located on incubators (devices whose synonym is artificial incubators and are designed to enable premature babies placed in this protected environment to continue their growth ).
Example of mercury poisoning of workers manufacturing felt hats. They were exposed to vapors and mercury salts, resulting in their syndrome erethism including memory loss, a shyness, insomnia, and sometimes delirium (in severe cases). It is this syndrome that is the source of the phrase "work hat". Mercury is the most dangerous organic mercury that is to say that found in seeds, food, paints and fungicides (against fungi), medicines, cosmetics and wood preservatives.
It was also found, sometimes, in some families, poisoning linked to a broken thermometer containing mercury and causing repeated inhalation of mercury vapor can lead to brain damage (neurological complications), liver ( reached the kidney) and renal (kidney toxicity). It made the determination in all parts that showed soil contamination was found when high concentrations within carpets and more. In most cases the mercury once fell to the ground, is in the form of inhaled mercury vapor. It is then necessary to decontaminate the affected parts, change carpeting, vacuum, clean the walls and get rid of stuffed toys and more. For breach of thermometer it is necessary to recover the pieces, put them in a box, give them to a pharmacy or hospital among others. Mercury is a highly toxic metal that can also be found in barometers and batteries which must be disposed of carefully putting them in garbage bins adjusted specific recovery.
Once absorbed, mercury salts may accumulate in certain organs: liver, red blood cells, bone marrow, kidneys, spleen, intestines, lungs, skin and central nervous system.
Minamata disease in Japan is representative of the mercury poisoning. In this country, especially in Minamata Bay, pollution caused by industrial waste and methyl derivatives of mercury (chemical form of mercury use), resulted in the contamination of fish. Secondarily, the consumption of these fish was the cause of serious disorders, including during pregnancy, causing malformations in newborns. Unfortunately, this type of food poisoning by mercury is common, and is also found in other country.
It was also reported poisonings of newborns exposed to mercury because of faulty switches located on incubators (devices whose synonym is artificial incubators and are designed to enable premature babies placed in this protected environment to continue their growth ).
Example of mercury poisoning of workers manufacturing felt hats. They were exposed to vapors and mercury salts, resulting in their syndrome erethism including memory loss, a shyness, insomnia, and sometimes delirium (in severe cases). It is this syndrome that is the source of the phrase "work hat". Mercury is the most dangerous organic mercury that is to say that found in seeds, food, paints and fungicides (against fungi), medicines, cosmetics and wood preservatives.
It was also found, sometimes, in some families, poisoning linked to a broken thermometer containing mercury and causing repeated inhalation of mercury vapor can lead to brain damage (neurological complications), liver ( reached the kidney) and renal (kidney toxicity). It made the determination in all parts that showed soil contamination was found when high concentrations within carpets and more. In most cases the mercury once fell to the ground, is in the form of inhaled mercury vapor. It is then necessary to decontaminate the affected parts, change carpeting, vacuum, clean the walls and get rid of stuffed toys and more. For breach of thermometer it is necessary to recover the pieces, put them in a box, give them to a pharmacy or hospital among others. Mercury is a highly toxic metal that can also be found in barometers and batteries which must be disposed of carefully putting them in garbage bins adjusted specific recovery.
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