Mercury
Sources
- Adhesives
- Air conditioner filters
- Antiseptics
- Contaminated drinking water
- Certain medications
- Certain cosmetics
- Dental amalgam fillings
- Fungicides
- Fever thermometers
- Fluorescent light bulbs
- Fish and seafood - oysters, clams, lobster, tuna, mackerel and swordfish
- Germicides
- Gold mining
- Industrial waste
- Manufacturing of thermometers, mirrors, incandescent lights, x-ray machines, and vacuum pumps
- Occupational work exposure
- Refined and processed foods
- Sewage disposal
- Skin lightening creams
- Suppositories
- Seeds and vegetables treated with mercurial fungicides
