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Saturday, August 31, 2024

Acute Mercury Poisoning and Mercurial Pneumonitis from Gold Ore Purification

 We describe four men who had symptoms of acute mercury poisoning following exposure to mercury vapor. They were attempting home gold ore purification using a gold-mercury amalgam and sulfuric acid. Three of the four patients required treatment with penicillamine.

read more... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012369216301611#!

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