The Mt. Diwata study on the Philippines 1999--assessing mercury intoxication of the population by small scale gold mining.
Drasch G, Böse-O'Reilly S, Beinhoff C, Roider G, Maydl S.
Drasch G, et al.
Sci Total Environ. 2001 Feb 21;267(1-3):151-68. doi: 10.1016/s0048-9697(00)00806-8.
Sci Total Environ. 2001.
PMID: 11286210
Only some of the clinical data, characteristic for Hg intoxication (e.g. tremor, loss of memory, bluish discoloration of the gingiva, etc.), correlate with Hg in blood or urine, but not with Hg in hair. ...Chronic Hg burden may have established damage months or even years …
Only some of the clinical data, characteristic for Hg intoxication (e.g. tremor, loss of memory, bluish discoloration of the gingiva, …