what is mercury?
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What is Mercury?
• Mercury is a neurotoxin and is commonly known as quicksilver;• Lamps, batteries, electronics and other products/devices can contain
mercury;• Outbreaks of methyl mercury poisonings have made it clear that
human beings can be at risk from ingestion exposure to mercury;• The most common way to be exposed to mercury is by eating fish that
contains methyl mercury.
The following images are used as an example and are
not affiliated with the operations of Waste
Diversion!
Storage of recycled elemental mercury in a
subsurface disposal
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