Previously, we reviewed biological evidence that mercury could induce autoimmunity and coronary arterial wall relaxation as observed in Kawasaki syndrome (KS) through its effects on calcium signaling, and that inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate 3-kinase C (ITPKC) susceptibility in KS would predispose patients to mercury by increasing Ca(2+) release. Hg(2+) sensitizes inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) ...

Protective potential of propolis was evaluated against mercury induced oxidative stress and antioxidant enzymatic alterations in mice liver. Exposure to mercuric chloride (HgCl2; 5 mg/kg; ip) induced oxidative stress by increasing lipid peroxidation and oxidized glutathione level along with concomitant decrease in glutathione and various antioxidant enzymes. Mercury intoxication deviated the ac...

Widely cited ecological analyses of autism have reported associations with mercury emissions, with precipitation, and race at the level of counties or school districts. However, state educational agencies often suppress any low numerical autism counts before releasing data--a phenomenon known as "administrative censoring." Previous analyses did not describe appropriate methods for censored data...

The release of mercury (Hg) into atmosphere, infiltration, and uptake by plants from flue gas desulfurization (FGD) material-amended soils was studied. The project was carried out in three phases: (1) laboratory study, (2) field study, and (3) life cycle calculation. In the laboratory study, factors controlling the release of Hg from FGD by-product amended soil were investigated under well-cont...

background: the objective of this work was developing a simple and stable time-based on-line setup for assessing the potential of mercury (hg) vapor adsorption of the commercial sorbents used in air sampling and control operation followed by cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry (cvaas). methods: a special designed separation chamber was used where reduction of the injected hg (ii) solution...

In teleost fish, prolactin (PRL) has important actions in the regulation of salt and water balances in freshwater (FW) fish. Consistent with this role, the release of PRL from the pituitary of the Mozambique tilapia is stimulated as extracellular osmolality is reduced. Stretch-activated calcium-permeant ion channels appear to be responsible for the initiation of the signal transduction that lea...

The metabolism of [U-(14)C]phenylmercury acetate was studied in the rat. After a single subcutaneous dose a small proportion is excreted unchanged in urine, and a larger amount in bile with some resorption from the gut. The greater part of the dose is broken down in the tissues to yield inorganic mercury which is excreted mainly in faeces, and conjugates of phenol and quinol are excreted in uri...

The luminescence of mercury clusters in the gas phase has been studied extensively in the past [ 11. Mercury vapor shows many emission bands including the ultraviolet (A,,=335 nm) and green (1,,,=485 nm) luminescence which originate from excited dimers Hg2 and trimers Hg,, respectively. In contrast to the gas phase very little is known about the emission of mercury clusters in the condensed pha...

The projected increase in the use of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) motivates the development of methods to manage consumer exposure to mercury and its environmental release at the end of lamp life. This work characterizes the time-resolved release of mercury vapor from broken CFLs and from underlying substrates after removal of glass fragments to simulate cleanup. In new lamps, mercury vapor...

In order to assess the penetration of individual trace elements into the air through their release in the coal coking process, it is necessary to determine the loss of these elements by comparing their contents in the charge coal and in coke obtained. The present research covered four coke oven batteries differing in age, technology, and technical equipment. By using mercury analyzer MA-2 and t...