Mercury poisoning from artisanal gold mining equipment

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining uses mercury to isolate gold from ore. Although uncommon in the United States, it is more common in poor and undeveloped countries. This practice requires heating mercury, which vaporizes into an odorless gas that can be inspired and absorbed into the blood. Ins...

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Autores principales: Waack, Andrew, Ranabothu, Meghana, Vattipally, Venkatramana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9713274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36465164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.10.099
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description Artisanal and small-scale gold mining uses mercury to isolate gold from ore. Although uncommon in the United States, it is more common in poor and undeveloped countries. This practice requires heating mercury, which vaporizes into an odorless gas that can be inspired and absorbed into the blood. Inspired mercury vapors place individuals at risk of acute mercury toxicity and its subsequent chronic sequelae. We report a case of incidentally detected mercury foreign bodies in a 56-year-old male with a prior history of accidental mercury poisoning due to prior contact with artisanal gold mining equipment.
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spelling pubmed-97132742022-12-02 Mercury poisoning from artisanal gold mining equipment Waack, Andrew Ranabothu, Meghana Vattipally, Venkatramana Radiol Case Rep Case Report Artisanal and small-scale gold mining uses mercury to isolate gold from ore. Although uncommon in the United States, it is more common in poor and undeveloped countries. This practice requires heating mercury, which vaporizes into an odorless gas that can be inspired and absorbed into the blood. Inspired mercury vapors place individuals at risk of acute mercury toxicity and its subsequent chronic sequelae. We report a case of incidentally detected mercury foreign bodies in a 56-year-old male with a prior history of accidental mercury poisoning due to prior contact with artisanal gold mining equipment. Elsevier 2022-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9713274/ /pubmed/36465164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.10.099 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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