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1.Mercury Mineral Data
Data specifications on mercury from the Mineralogy Database.
URL:http://web.wt.net/~daba/Mineral/data/Mercury.html
2.Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
ATSDR - Public Health Statement: Mercury (1990) Information on what is, how one might be exposed, and how mercury can affect ones health.
URL:http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/phs8916.html
3.Can Mercury-Silver Fillings Cause Disease?
Information on mercury from The Institute for Dental Wellness.
URL:http://www.dentalwellness.net/can_mercury.php
4.US EPA Mercury Web Site
The mercury site from the Environmental Protection Agency from the USA: research and technical documents, reports, advice, general information on mercury.
URL:http://www.epa.gov/mercury/index.html
5.Water Quality Criteria - Methylmercury
U.S. EPA fact sheets, reference information, and other materials related to updating the ambient water quality criteria for methylmercury to protect human health. This form of mercury is taken up by plant and aquatic life and accumulates in fish.
URL:http://www.epa.gov/ost/criteria/methylmercury/
6.FACOME
Amazonian Forum on Mercury Contamination of Ecosystems - F=rum Amaz(nico sobre a Contaminatpo Mercurial nos Ecossistemas
URL:http://www.facome.uqam.ca
7.Mercury - Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries
From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute: summary intended for use by trained laboratory personnel in conjunction with the NRC report Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposal of Chemicals.
URL:http://www.hhmi.org/research/labsafe/lcss/lcss57.html
8.Mercury Network - Hg-Net
Internet expert forum on the effects and environmental impacts of mercury use and abuse, with special emphasis on small-scale gold mining. [English and Spanish]
URL:http://www.hruschka.com/hg-net/index.htm
9.Biological and Mercury Free Dentistry
Opinions on the history and use of mercury for dental procedures from Ron Kennedy, MD.
URL:http://www.medical-library.net/specialties/_biological_and_mercury_free_dentistry.html
10.Mercury Free
Excerpts from the book by Dr. James Hardy. Includes an introduction of the history of "silver" fillings used as dental filling material and fast facts.
URL:http://www.mercury-free.com/
11.Mercury Detoxification 2
Pamphlet written by Michael C. Goldman, DDS, General and Cosmetic Dentistry, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
URL:http://www.mgoldmandds.com/detox2.htm
12.Mercury Factsheet
A fact sheet written for health professionals from the Ingham County Emergency Planning Committee, Michigan.
URL:http://www.orcbs.msu.edu/AWARE/pamphlets/hazwaste/mercuryfacts.html
13.MPCA - Special Pollutants: Mercury in Minnesota
Frequently asked questions and answers on mercury from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
URL:http://www.pca.state.mn.us/air/mercury-faq.html
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