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Este artículo aborda la intoxicación por mercurio.
Esto es sólo para fines de información y no para usarse en el tratamiento omanejo de una exposición tóxica real. De ocurrir, debe llamar de emergencialocal (tal como 911) o al Centro de Control de Envenenamiento nacional, al1-800-222-1222.
Existen tres formas de mercurio diferentes que causan problemas de salud:
El mercurio elemental se puede encontrar en:
El mercurio inorgánico se puede encontrar en:
El mercurio orgánico se puede encontrar en:
Nota: es posible que esta lista no los incluya a todos.
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