Fact Sheet - Mercury

 

• Mercury, at high levels, may damage the brain, kidneys, and developing fetus.

• The human nervous system is very sensitive to all forms of mercury.

 

• Very young children are more sensitive to mercury than adults.

 

• Mercury passed from the mother to the fetus may cause brain damage, mental retardation, incoordination, blindness, seizures, and inability to speak.

 

• Children poisoned by mercury may develop kidney damage and problems of the nervous and digestive systems.

 

• To reduce exposure to mercury, carefully handle and dispose of products that contain mercury, such as thermometers or fluorescent light bulbs.

 

• Do not vacuum up spilled mercury, because it will vaporize and increase exposure.

• Industrial and domestic products such as thermometers, batteries, and electrical switches, which account for a significant loss of mercury to the environment, ultimately become solid waste in major urban areas.

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