Mercury poisoning

Mercury poisoning (chronic poisoning) is more common. It mainly occurs in production activities and is caused by long-term inhalation of mercury vapor and mercury compound dust. Mental-nerve abnormalities, gingivitis, and tremor were the main symptoms. Acute mercury poisoning occurs when large doses of mercury vapor are inhaled or mercury compounds are ingested. For people who are allergic to mercury, poisoning can occur even when topical application of a mercury oil base preparation. More opportunities for exposure to mercury include mercury mining, amalgam smelting, gold and silver extraction, mercury rectifiers, and vacuum pumps, lights, meters, thermometers, dental amalgam, thunder mercury, pigments, pharmaceuticals, nuclear reactor coolants and anti-atoms Production workers of radiation materials, etc. Organic mercury compounds were mainly used as agricultural fungicides in the past, but they are very toxic and are no longer produced and used in China.

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