mercury exposure
Quicksilver contact hazard
Mercury exposure is contact with mercury in any of its forms—liquid metal, vapor, or chemical compounds.
Acute exposure causes tremors, kidney damage, and neurological symptoms; chronic low-level exposure accumulates in the body over time.
Common sources include contaminated fish, broken thermometers, dental amalgams, and certain industrial processes.
The factory workers suffered mercury exposure from inadequate ventilation.
- kidney damageInjury to filtration organs
- industrial emissionsPollutants released by manufacturing
- neurotoxicityHarmful effects on nerves
- tremorsSlight shaking movements
- blood testsAnalyses of drawn samples
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