Health Consequences of Exposure to Mercury

For small and large-scale miners, mercury is absorbed directly through the skin during the amalgamation process. However, the main route of exposure is through inhalation of mercury vapors during the burning of amalgam.
The second most dangerous route to mercury poisoning is consumption of the fish living in contaminated rivers and creeks. Remember that in fish, elemental mercury is quickly converted to the lethal Methyl Mercury.
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