Mercury is a toxic element which is easily absorbed after ingestion or inhalation and deposited mainly in the kidney. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of mercury chloride in rats. Female rats, aged 14 weeks, were receiving mercury chloride in oral doses of 0.068, 0.136, and 0.272 mg kg(-1) body weight (b.wt.) for five consecutive days. Three days after the last dose, the animal...

Rasa sindura, is a famous and prestigious Ayurvedic Preparation, prepared by Kupipakwa method through Baluka Yantra system of healing. It is supposed as a toxic drug due to presence of Mercury. Therefore, it needs experimental proves and such type of experimental study shows that there are no toxic effects in therapeutic doses. Gamdhaka Jarana process reduces the unwanted effects, along with po...

747 1941-Lathyrus sativus peas, spastic paraparesis; the toxic agent was identified to be 1)-JY-methylamino-Lalanine (BMAA); 1953-Guamalian type of Parkinsonism, caused by the seeds of Cycas circinalis; the toxic agent was identified as 1)-JY-oxalylmethylamino-Lalanine (BOMAA); 1948-hexachloraphene encephalopathy; 1950-monosodium glutamate in baby food; 1953-Minamata disease, mercury encephalop...

Heavy metals are, unfortunately, present in the air, water, and food supply. Cases of severe acute lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium poisoning are rare; however, when they do occur an effective, non-toxic treatment is essential. In addition, chronic, low-level exposure to lead in the soil and in residues of lead-based paint, to mercury in the atmosphere, in dental amalgams and in seafood, and...

by either decreased methylmercury production or increased methylmercury degradation in ecosystems containing high levels of total mercury. Methylmercury degradation is mediated by bacteria in sediments, in natural waters and in soils. This activity is a part of the bacterial mercury detoxification mechanism, resulting in the degradation of methylmercury to gaseous elemental mercury, which can e...

BACKGROUND Mercury is a toxic metal with its effects on human health ranging from acute to chronic in a very short time of exposure. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the main source of direct human exposure to mercury. AIM To access the effect of mercury exposure on the renal function and level of personal protective equipment (PPE) compliance among small-scale gold miners in B...

Mercury exposure is the second-most common cause of toxic metal poisoning. Public health concern over mercury exposure, due to contamination of fish with methylmercury and the elemental mercury content of dental amalgams, has long been a topic of political and medical debate. Although the toxicology of mercury is complex, there is evidence for antioxidant protection in the prevention of neurolo...

Here, we report about a unique aquatic fungus Mucor hiemalisEH8 that can remove toxic ionic mercury from water by intracellular accumulation and reduction into elemental mercury (Hg0 ). EH8 was isolated from a microbial biofilm grown in sulfidic-reducing spring water sourced at a Marching's site located downhill from hop cultivation areas with a history of mercury use. A thorough biodiversity s...

The largest source of mercury to the atmosphere in the world is the burning of fossil fuels, primarily coal. Electrical power plants are estimated to account for about 25% of the global anthropogenic mercury emissions to the atmosphere and industrial and residential heating for another 20% [1]. According to the European Environmental Agency (EEA), Spain is the third country among EU27 in mercur...

BACKGROUND With the fast growth in the market of fluorescent lamps, particularly compact fluorescent light, the associated risk of mercury exposure, which is an essential component in all types of fluorescent lamps, has received increasing public attention worldwide. Even low doses of mercury are toxic. OBJECTIVE To study the health consequences of occupational exposure to mercury in workers ...