Author: Gelbier S, Ingram J.
Source: Public Health.
Year: 1989
Comment:
This study evaluates information related to potential problems during pregnancy due to occupational mercury vapor exposure and notes "females working in dental surgeries are warned to take great care, especially when they are pregnant or trying to conceive."
Abstract / Excerpt:
“A thirty-year-old dental surgeon who worked until the 35th week of pregnancy in a surgery in which mercury vapour concentrations in excess of the threshold limit value (TLV) had been detected, gave birth at 42 weeks to a small-for-dates baby with severe brain damage. The possibility that this baby’s development might have been harmed by mercury is discussed and the literature relevant to teratogenicity of mercury reviewed. Attention is drawn to the need for further research into the effects on health and pregnancy outcome of mercury vapour in dental surgeries.”
Citation:
Gelbier S, Ingram J. Possible fetotoxic effects of mercury vapor: a case report. Public Health. 1989; 103(1):35-40.