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Nihon Eiseigaku Zasshi


Title:[Mercury as a Global Pollutant and Mercury Exposure Assessment and Health Effects]
Author(s):Sakamoto M; Nakamura M; Murata K;
Address:"National Institute for Minamata Disease. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine"
Journal Title:Nihon Eiseigaku Zasshi
Year:2018
Volume:73
Issue:3
Page Number:258 - 264
DOI: 10.1265/jjh.73.258
ISSN/ISBN:1882-6482 (Electronic) 0021-5082 (Linking)
Abstract:"Mercury and its compounds are classified into three main groups: metallic mercury (Hg(0)), inorganic mercury (Hg(2+)), and organic mercury (methyl mercury: CH(3)Hg(+), etc.). Metallic mercury is the only metal that is liquid at ambient temperature and normal pressure, which readily forms an amalgam with other metals. Therefore, mercury has long been used for refining various metals, and mercury amalgam has been used for dental treatment. Mercury has also been used in measuring instruments such as thermometers, barometers and blood pressure monitors, as well as electric appliances such as lighting equipment and dry batteries. Large amounts of metallic mercury are still used in other countries as a catalyst in the production of caustic soda by electrolysis. In addition, mercury compounds have been used in various chemicals such as mercurochrome, agricultural chemicals, and mildew-proofing agents. However, the use of mercury has also caused health problems for people. Minamata disease in Japan is a typical example. Also, since mercury is highly volatile, it is discharged as a product of industrial activities or derived from volcanoes, and it has been concluded on the basis of the findings of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) that it is circulating globally. Therefore, with the aim of establishing an internationally legally binding treaty for the regulation of mercury use to reduce risk, an intergovernmental negotiating committee was established in 2009. Japan actively contributed to this negotiation owing to its experience with Minamata disease, which led to the Convention on the regulation of mercury use being discharged as the 'Minamata Convention on Mercury' and the treaty came into force on August 16, 2017. In this review, we introduce 1) the Global Mercury Assessment by UNEP; 2) mercury kinetics, exposure assessment and toxicity of different chemical forms; 3) large-scale epidemics of methylmercury poisoning; 4) methylmercury exposure assessment and health survey in whale-eating populations; 5) elemental mercury exposure assessment and health survey of mercury mine workers in China"
Keywords:"Animals Environmental Exposure/*adverse effects Environmental Pollutants/*adverse effects/*toxicity Fishes/metabolism Global Health Humans Mercury Compounds/*adverse effects/metabolism/poisoning/*toxicity Mercury Poisoning, Nervous System/etiology/immunol;"
Notes:"MedlineSakamoto, Mineshi Nakamura, Masaaki Murata, Katsuyuki jpn Review Japan 2018/10/03 Nihon Eiseigaku Zasshi. 2018; 73(3):258-264. doi: 10.1265/jjh.73.258"

 
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