MERCURY HEALTH EFFECTS UPDATE: HEALTH ISSUE ASSESSMENT
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Abstract
This report reviews and evaluates the scientific information on the potential health effects from mercury exposure, with emphasis on those effects associated with human chronic inhalation exposures. The findings are based on a review of the scientific literature since the promulgation of the 1973 National Emission Standard for Mercury. This report consists of six chapters that provide a cohesive discussion of all aspects of mercury exposure and focus upon those data thought to be most useful and relevant for human health risk assessment purposes.
Citation
Clarkson, T., J. Cranmer, D. Sivulka, AND R. Smith. MERCURY HEALTH EFFECTS UPDATE: HEALTH ISSUE ASSESSMENT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/8-84/019F.
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Prepared in cooperation with Arkansas Univ. for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor and Rochester Univ., NY.