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	Mercury poisoning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mercury poisoning, also known as mercuralism, is the phenomenon of toxication by contact with mercury.
		Mercury intoxication in the young is suspected by some (for example Mark Geier) as a possible cause of autistic behaviors, although Geier has admitted there is no conclusive evidence to support his suspicion.
		The enzyme is irreversibly inhibited by several mercury compounds, the lipoic acid component of the multienzyme complex binds mercury compounds tightly (mercury binds to the sulfur atoms in lipoic acid) and thus inhibits PDH.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mercury_poisoning (1463 words)

	Oceans Alive - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mercury is a highly poisonous metal that poses a serious health risk to developing fetuses, babies and children, who may suffer brain damage and learning disabilities from prolonged or repeated exposure to small amounts of mercury.
		Mercury is released into the air primarily from industrial sources, falls to the ground in rain or snow and is deposited into water bodies, where it is converted into another highly toxic form of mercury (called methylmercury).
		Mercury is a naturally occurring toxic metal that exists at low levels throughout the environment, and as an element it never breaks down or disappears.
	www.oceansalive.org /eat.cfm?subnav=mercury (864 words)

	DNR - Mercury Poisoning
		Mercury can be a source of environmental contamination when present in seed dressing fungicides, anti-slime fungicides in pulp and paper industries, by-products of burning coal, mine tailings and wastes from chlorine-alkali industries.
		Mercury which is eliminated from the female via egg laying, has been reported to cause abnormal egg laying behavior, impaired reproduction, slowed duckling growth, and altered duckling behavior in mallard ducks.
		Chronic mercury poisoning may be accompanied by mental disturbances due to degeneration of nerve tracts and may result in blindness, weakness, incoordination and coma.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12150_12220-26953--,00.html (517 words)

	www.mercury-poisoning-symptoms.com
		Human activities such as burning coal and using mercury to manufacture certain products, have increased the amount of mercury that is currently cycling in the atmosphere, in soils, and in lakes, streams and the oceans.
		Mercury that is emitted to the air falls to the ground either very close to the source or many miles away.
		When mercury is deposited into the water, or runs off the ground into the water, microorganisms convert some portion to methylmercury, a highly toxic form of mercury.
	www.mercury-poisoning-symptoms.com (544 words)

	FDA Consumer: Mercury In Fish: Cause for Concern?
		Mercury vapor is easily transported in the atmosphere, deposited on land and water, and then, in part, released again to the atmosphere.
		The average mercury content of fish samples from both areas ranged from 9 to 24 ppm, though in Minimata, some fish were found to have levels as high as 40 ppm.
		Methyl mercury easily crosses the placenta, and the mercury concentration rises to 30 percent higher in fetal red blood cells than in those of the mother.
	www.fda.gov /fdac/reprints/mercury.html (2156 words)

	CPCS: Mercury and its Many Forms
		Mercury is not well absorbed across the skin so skin contact is not likely to cause mercury poisoning, especially with a brief one-time exposure.
		Inorganic mercury compounds are known as "mercuric salts." Some of the mercuric salts include: mercuric chloride, mercuric iodide, mercuric nitrate, mercuric sulfide, yellow mercuric oxide, red mercuric oxide, ammoniated mercury, mercurous chloride and mercurous acetate.
		In the general population, the main source of mercury poisoning is the ingestion of mercury- contaminated food, usually fish.
	www.calpoison.org /public/mercury.html (2187 words)

	ATSDR - ToxFAQs™: Mercury
		Mercury combines with other elements, such as chlorine, sulfur, or oxygen, to form inorganic mercury compounds or "salts," which are usually white powders or crystals.
		Mercury's harmful effects that may be passed from the mother to the fetus include brain damage, mental retardation, incoordination, blindness, seizures, and inability to speak.
		Mercury in whole blood or in scalp hair is measured to determine exposure to methylmercury.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /tfacts46.html (1029 words)

	Poisoning, mercury definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Acute mercury poisoning (which today is less common) is associated with ulcerations of the stomach and intestine and with toxic changes in the renal (kidney) tubules.
		Minamata disease is, in fact, the name of a disorder caused by methyl mercury poisoning that was first described in the inhabitants of Minamata Bay and resulted from their eating fish contaminated with mercury industrial waste.
		Methyl mercury readily crosses the placenta from mother to fetus and is teratogenic, particularly to the developing brain.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=14085 (531 words)

	Mercury poisoning - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Mercury is used in many industrial applications and its salts have been employed therapeutically as purgatives, antisyphilitics, disinfectants, and astringents.
		Because of its toxicity, the clinical use of mercury and mercurials is diminishing.
		Mercury poisoning is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /m/mercury_poisoning/intro.htm (960 words)

	THE ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE NETWORK - DENTAL AMALGAM MERCURY POISONING
		Mercury is a natural element, a toxic heavy metal, which is highly volatile, the vapor form having the ability to kill cells outright rather than merely do damage.
		Mercury is used in thermometers and also is known as "quicksilver." The breakage of a mercury thermometer is a potential, although usually unrecognized, medical emergency.
		Many people, who actually are poisoned with mercury, are thought of as chronic complainers by their doctors who try to lend a sympathetic ear but actually ignore the complaints, because they do not know what else to do.
	www.sonic.net /~nexus/amalgam.html (1767 words)

	Mercury
		This is important because early mercury poisoning might cause only very mild, clinically insignificant increases in symptomatology in each individual which, when seen in the aggregate, might provide an important clue that toxic exposure to mercury is taking place.
		Measurement of mercury in urine is the recommended biologic monitor for workers exposed to metallic and inorganic mercury.
		The concentration of mercury in blood reflects exposure to organic mercury as well as metallic and inorganic mercury; thus it can be influenced by the consumption of fish containing methylmercury.
	www.pp.okstate.edu /ehs/training/mercury.htm (1861 words)

	eMedicine - Toxicity, Mercury : Article by Barry Diner, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mercury poisoning is usually misdiagnosed because of the insidious onset, nonspecific signs and symptoms, and lack of knowledge within the medical profession.
		Mercury levels in freshwater fish vary, but, in general, bass, pike, muskellunge, and walleye have high levels of mercury and should be eaten in moderation.
		Significant oral ingestion of elemental mercury may lead to significant environmental contamination as the mercury is passed, essentially unabsorbed, through the GI tract and expelled in the feces.
	www.emedicine.com /EMERG/topic813.htm (5069 words)

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		The first sign of mercury poisoning occurred four months later when her speech began to be slurred.
		Elemental mercury when released by a dental amalgam is inhaled and (80 percent of it) absorbed by the lungs and retained in the body.
		Mercury is most likely a causative factor in other developmental disorders as well, such as delayed speech and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
	www.jigsawhealth.com /articles/mercury_poisoning.html (2453 words)

	EPA - Region 2 -Mercury
		Mercury is a naturally occurring element that is present throughout the environment.
		If you have a mercury spill, it should be treated seriously regardless of the quantity.
		For basic information about mercury, its health effects, how to handle spills and to learn what EPA is doing to reduce mercury emissions, select from the topics listed to the right or visit the national mercury home page.
	www.epa.gov /region02/mercury (155 words)

	The "Mercury Toxicity" Scam:: How Anti-Amalgamists Swindle People
		Mercury is a component of the amalgam used for "silver" fillings.
		Although this exposure lasts for just a few seconds and most of the mercury will be exhaled rather than absorbed by the body, the machines give a falsely high readout, which the anti-amalgamists interpret as dangerous.
		The most commonly used analyzer is the Jerome mercury detector (pictured to the right), an industrial device which multiplies the amount of mercury it detects in a small sample of air by a factor of 8,000.
	www.quackwatch.org /01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mercury.html (3309 words)

	Mercury poisoning definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Mercury poisoning: The metallic element mercury is poisonous to humans.
		Consumption of food contaminated with methyl mercury in the second half of the 20th century resulted in death or illness for thousands of people around Minimata Bay, Japan.
		Minimata disease has not been confined to Minimata where the source of the mercury was primarily from eating fish caught in the contaminated Bay.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10991 (539 words)

	Mercury Poisoning News, Information & Resource Site
		Hair is used as an index of internal accumulation of mercury provided it was not externally contaminated by exposure to mercury vapor.
		Symptoms of mercury poisoning in children, she said, include permanent brain damage, cerebral palsy, seizures, blindness or deafness.
		Mercury pollution enters the food web via coal and chemical industry waste, oxidizes in the atmosphere and settles to the sea bottom.
	www.mercurypoisoningnews.com (588 words)

	WorkingForChange-Mercury rising
		The picture, by the great photojournalist W. Eugene Smith, is known as "The Madonna of Minamata" and is of a Japanese woman in a hot bath with an expression of terrible sorrow and tenderness on her face as she holds the hopelessly deformed body of her daughter.
		There was a years-long struggle between the townspeople of Minamata and the corporation responsible for the mercury poisoning, which did not want to admit fault.
		Mercury is a neurotoxin that is particularly dangerous to developing fetuses and infants.
	www.workingforchange.com /article.cfm?itemid=18786 (860 words)

	Mercury poisoning
		Mercury was referred to as "quicksilver" in North American and in Europe was called "quacksalver" Therefore a "quack" was someone who pretends to cure disease and "salve" was an application for wounds.
		What this means is that the free radicals, which are produced as a result of mercury’s interaction with the cell, result in cellular damage, particularly to the membranes of the cell.
		Mercury definitely has the ability to cross the placental membranes and so cause health disorders in the unborn child.
	www.y2khealthanddetox.com /mercfillings.html (1214 words)

	GoVeg.com // Health Issues // Contamination // Mercury Poisoning
		Mercury is one of the most dangerous toxins found in fish flesh.
		Mercury is known to cause severe health problems in humans, including brain damage, memory loss, personality change, tremors, spontaneous abortion, and damage to a developing fetus.
		The EPA estimates that up to 600,000 children born in 2000 are at risk for lower intelligence and learning difficulties because of mercury exposure because their pregnant or nursing mothers ate fish.
	www.goveg.com /contamination_mercury.asp (567 words)

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		It is hypothesized that the regressive form of autism represents another form of mercury poisoning, based on a thorough correspondence between autistic and HgP traits and physiological abnormalities, as well as on the known exposure to mercury through vaccines.
		Mercury poisoning, when undetected, is often initially diagnosed as a psychiatric disorder (18).
		This parallel is reinforced by parental reports of excessive amounts of mercury in urine or hair from younger autistic children, as well as some improvement in symptoms with standard chelation therapy (122).
	www.mercola.com /2000/oct/1/autism_mercury.htm (3903 words)

	Amalgam Mercury Poisoning
		It stated that the reason for that was because the Mercury reacted with the electricity causing a battery affect in the mouth which caused the swelling of the tongue and gums and the saliva glands to go into overdrive and produce excess saliva.
		She told me that a blood test for Mercury Poisoning was no good as Mercury sticks to the tissues in the body, it does not circulate, that is why my blood test probably came back negative.
		Pam Clayton recovered from her Mercury Poisoning by having her Amalgam fillings removed and replaced with white composite fillings and she now runs a Helpline for people who are suffering in the same way.
	www.members.aol.com /lynrennick2000 (2427 words)

	MedlinePlus: Mercury
		Mercury (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)
		Mercury (and Pregnancy) (Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction)
		The primary NIH organization for research on Mercury is the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/mercury.html (190 words)

	EPA: Mercury
		This mercury site provides a broad range of information: actions by EPA and others, including international actions; effects on people and the environment; and how to protect you and your family.
		The document provides technical guidance to states and authorized tribes on how they may want to use the January 2001 criterion for methylmercury in their surface water protection programs.
		EPA is regulating and reducing power plant mercury emissions for the first time ever.
	www.epa.gov /mercury (174 words)

	Autism Mercury Chelation Treatment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Our mission is to share the truth with parents about the cause of their child’s developmental disabilities so they can focus on treatment.
		Generation Rescue believes that childhood neurological disorders such as autism, Asperger's, ADHD/ADD, speech delay, sensory integration disorder, and many other developmental delays are all misdiagnoses for mercury poisoning.
		When you know cause, you can focus on cure.Thousands of parents are curing their children by removing the mercury from their children's bodies.
	www.generationrescue.org /index2.html (254 words)

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