Mercury is ubiquitous in the environment, and in our mouths in the form of "silver" amalgams. Once introduced to the body through food or vapor, mercury is rapidly absorbed and accumulates in several tissues, leading to increased oxidative damage, mitochondrial dysfunction, and cell death. Mercury primarily affects neurological tissue, resulting in numerous neurological symptoms, and also affec...

previous studies showed that the level of total mercury (thg) in sanandaj gheshlagh reservoir (sgr) water is higher than those limits established by who (i.e., 1 µg/l). therefore a research project to evaluate the level of total mercury in sgr sediments and benthos masses during july to december 2009 from three different sites with different depths (2 to 30 meters) was carried out. samples were...

background: dental clinics are known to be one of the largest users of toxic inorganic mercury. it is well documented that dentists and dental assistants who work with amalgam are chronically exposed to mercury vapor. this study investigates exposure to mercury vapor in a dental clinic. methods: gbc cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry (aas), using sodium borohydride as the reducing agent,...

introduction: dentists are exposed to mercury vapor from dental amalgam in their routine occupational practice; excess exposure to mercury is harmful. the aim of this study was to assess the influence of some possible related factors on the urine mercury levels of general dentists and restorative specialists in mashhad in 2010. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was performed ran...

Abstract The Moon and Mercury are airless bodies, thus they directly exposed to the ambient plasma (ions electrons), photons mostly from Sun infrared range all way X-rays, meteoroid fluxes. Direct exposure these exogenic sources has important consequences for formation evolution of planetary surfaces, including altering their chemical makeup optical properties, generating neutral gas exosphere....

Background: Mercury (Hg) is a hazardous metal responsible for environmental contamination and human intoxication. Methyl mercury bio-accumulation through food chain can be responsible for chronic mercury exposure of South Caspian Sea communities with a diet rich in fish. Uncertainties about exposure levels that could have damaging consequences for nervous system development of infants makes b...

mercury mineralization has occurred in relation with a listwaenitic type hydrothermal alteration system in tavreh area located northwest of khoy. mercury-bearing alteration zone which has an area about 0.4 km2 is situated in one of aland river upstreams. the only mercury compound found in this district is mercury sulfide (cinnabar) deposited as vein and veinlet forms. geochemical investigations...

The United Nations Environmental Program Governing Council has regulated mercury as a global pollutant since 2001 and has been preparing the mercury convention, which will have a strongly binding force through Global Mercury Assessment, Global Mercury Partnership Activities, and establishment of the Open-Ended Working Group on Mercury. The European Union maintains an inclusive strategy on risks...