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  2. Mercury poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Mercury poisoning is a type of metal poisoning due to exposure to mercury. [3] Symptoms depend upon the type, dose, method, and duration of exposure. [3] [4] They may include muscle weakness, poor coordination, numbness in the hands and feet, skin rashes, anxiety, memory problems, trouble speaking, trouble hearing, or trouble seeing. [1]

  3. Minamata disease - Wikipedia

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    Minamata disease (Japanese: 水俣病, Hepburn: Minamata-byō) is a neurological disease caused by severe mercury poisoning.Signs and symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech.

  4. Erethism - Wikipedia

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    Erethism, [n 1] also known as erethismus mercurialis, mad hatter disease, or mad hatter syndrome, is a neurological disorder which affects the whole central nervous system, as well as a symptom complex, derived from mercury poisoning.

  5. Japan's court recognizes more victims of Minamata mercury ...

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    The plaintiffs, in their 50s and 80s, were living in Kumamoto and nearby Kagoshima at the time of the mercury poisoning and later moved to Osaka and elsewhere in western Japan. They filed a ...

  6. Why You Don’t Need to Worry (Too Much) About Mercury ... - AOL

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    As for how much mercury is dangerous, the exact number is up for debate. Per Ciarametaro, tissue concentration of 100 ng/mL of methylmercury or greater is commonly considered 'high'.

  7. Mercury in fish - Wikipedia

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    Children exposed to mercury are particularly susceptible to poisoning since the ratio of food, water, and air intake versus individual body weight is much higher than that of adults. [25] Additionally, children undergo fast growth that causes them to be more susceptible to damaging exposure to methylmercury, as well as the long term ...

  8. Dimethylmercury - Wikipedia

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    Absorption of doses as low as 0.1 mL can result in severe mercury poisoning. [2] The risks are enhanced because of the compound's high vapor pressure. [2] Since it is highly lipophilic, it absorbs through the skin and into body fat very easily and can permeate many materials, including many plastics and rubber compounds. [citation needed]

  9. Christina Hall reveals she has mercury and lead poisoning ...

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    HGTV star Christina Hall announced has been diagnosed with mercury and lead poisoning. A doctor breaks down the diagnosis and how she could have gotten it.