tailieunhanh - CHILDREN’S EXPOSURE TO ELEMENTAL MERCURY

The coincidence of multiple inequities in health—and as an interlinked concept, the multifaceted nature of poverty—make for a very complex field. Those living at the margins of society suffer numerous and overlapping inequities in health, in voice, in agency, in living conditions. Often, their poverty and ill health keep them in a life of perpetual quicksand. Just as an intervention might spare a child from malaria only to have her die a year later of measles, a policy change in the health sector might be successful in eliminating one source of inequity (. access to care). | CHILDREN S EXPOSURE to ELEMENTAL MERCURY A NATIONAL REVIEW of EXPOSURE EVENTS Atsdr The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mercury Workgroup FebrUary 2009 Children s Exposure to Elemental Mercury A National Review of Exposure Events Reported by The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mercury Workgroup Richard E. Besser . February 2009 Table of Contents WORKGROUP . . 2. ABBREVIATIONS ACRONYMS 3. APPENDIX TABLES FIGURES AND SUPPLEMENTAL 4. EXECUTIVE . . . . . . Discussion and 5. INTRODUCTION . 11 . Congressional . 6. BACKGROUND. 12 . Mercury Forms and Properties of Elemental . Toxicokinetics of Elemental . Elemental Mercury Exposure . Biomarkers of Elemental Mercury . Reference Levels in . . Overview on Health Effects of Elemental Mercury 7. METHODS. 16 . Data . Exposure Event Selection . Literature . Presentation of 8. FINDINGS DATA . ATSDR - Health Consultations and Emergency Response . ATSDR - Hazardous Substances Emergency Events . . Coast Guard - National Response Center . American Association of Poison Control Centers - National Poison Data . Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics - Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty . CDC - Clinical Information . Environmental Protection Agency - Superfund Sites and the National Priorities . National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Worker s Home Contamination Study .26 9. FINDINGS LITERATURE 10. FINDINGS .