Workers are mostly exposed from breathing air that contains mercury vapors, but may also be exposed to other inorganic mercury compounds in the workplace. (cdc.gov)
Most of the mercury found in the environment is in the form of metallic mercury and inorganic mercury compounds. (cdc.gov)
Organic mercury compounds, specifically methylmercury, are concentrated in the food chain. (medscape.com)
Inorganic1
Mercury has 3 forms: (1) elemental mercury, (2) inorganic salts, and (3) organic compounds. (medscape.com)
Arsenic3
citation needed] Dimercaprol is itself toxic, with a narrow therapeutic range and a tendency to concentrate arsenic in some organs. (wikipedia.org)
citation needed] The original name of dimercaprol reflects its origins as a compound secretly developed by British biochemists at Oxford University in the beginning of the World War II, with the first synthesis in July 1940 as an antidote for lewisite, a now-obsolete arsenic-based chemical warfare agent. (wikipedia.org)
Argentina and New Zealand actually have toxic levels of arsenic in some soil regions. (mighty-90.com)
Treatment1
but is not useful in the treatment of alkylmercury or phenylmercury toxicity. (wikipedia.org)
Organic compounds2
Organic compounds of mercury may be considered as the organic compounds in which the mercury is chemically linked directly to a carbon atom. (cloudaccess.net)
Mercury has 3 forms: (1) elemental mercury, (2) inorganic salts, and (3) organic compounds. (medscape.com)
Aryl2
Examples of aryl mercury compounds are phenylmercuric acetate (PMA), nitrate, oleate, propionate and benzoate. (cloudaccess.net)
Aryl mercury compounds accumulate in RBCs but are metabolized to inorganic mercury more rapidly, thus, demonstrating lower blood-to-plasma ratios than those observed with methylmercury exposures. (medscape.com)
Mercurials1
According to one reliable estimate, more than 400 phenyl mercurials and at least that number of alkyl mercury compounds have been synthesized. (cloudaccess.net)