Organomercury Compounds: Some Toxicological Aspects

Abstract

Summarizes some of the most relevant toxicological aspects from the UNEP/IRPTC′s Scientific Reviews of Soviet Literature on Toxicity and Hazards of Chemicals, No. 117 Organomercury compounds, Geneva/Moscow 1990, and outlines their uses and environmental fate and pathways in a number of species and matrices. Of special interest are the toxic effects during pregnancy and to nursing mothers and their offsprings. Effects upon farm animals, foodstuffs, building facrics are indicated, together with recommendations for their prohibition. Their persistence in the environment is stressed.

Citation

Richardson, M., Trakhtenberg, I.M. and Korshun, M.N. (1993), "Organomercury Compounds: Some Toxicological Aspects", Environmental Management and Health, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 16-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/09566169310025223