Environmental health criteria 118: inorganic mercury.

Author: World Health Organization.

Source: International Programme on Chemical Safety

Year: 1991

Comment:

This 1991 report from the WHO concludes that “[e]stimated average daily intake and retention” from dental amalgam is 3.8-21 (3-17) µg/day."  These statistics were revised in a 2003 Executive Summary of this document.

Abstract / Excerpt:

“A WHO Task Group on Environmental Health Criteria for Inorganic Mercury met in Bologna, Italy, at the County Council Headquarters (Provincia) from 25 to 30 September 1989.  The meeting was sponsored by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and organized locally by the Institute of Oncology and Environmental Sciences with the assistance of the County Council…The Task Group reviewed and revised the draft document and made an evaluation of the human health risks from exposure to inorganic mercury.”

Citation:

International Programme on Chemical Safety.  Environmental health criteria 118: inorganic mercury.  Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1991. http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc118.htm.