Mercury Quick Facts : Health Effects of Mercury Exposure

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• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
• Description:
  What is Elemental Mercury?
  
  Elemental (metallic) mercury is the shiny, silver-gray metal found in thermometers, barometers, and thermostats and other electrical switches.
  
  • Mercury can break into droplets when spilled. The droplets spread easily and can build up in tiny cracks and spaces in your house.
  
  • Mercury can vaporize (evaporate) into the air in your house. The vapor cannot be seen or smelled.
  
  • Mercury can be toxic to people’s nervous system, lungs and kidneys.
  
  Updated June 2012
  
  CS229617-E
  
  11-229617-E-508_HealthEffects.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Mercury Poisoning
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:892a84bd31354233fd4aa66afaf6c80da8f05385e02d9411dd8cabeebc807e91
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/157808/cdc_157808_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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