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​