MERCURY AND HUMAN HEALTH

Muhammad Akram*, Momina Iftikhar, Kingsley Erhons Enerijiofi, Surendar Rangasamy, Francisco Garcia-Sierra, Md. Al Hasibuzzaman, Fethi Ahmet Ozdemir, Gawe? So?owski, Najmiatul Fitria, Marcos Altable, Adonis Sfera

ABSTRACT

Mercury can have many detrimental effects and is dangerous for human health. There are now more ways to work toward minimizing and preventing the negative effects of mercury and its compounds on human health as a result of the ratification and enforcement of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Trade of knowledge and experience are needed to assist the health sector in putting the Minamata Convention and the related decision of the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly into practice. In order to support the training of medical students and professionals in related fields, as well as public health and healthcare workers and decision-makers in the environmental and health sectors, this instructional course was developed. It collects information on the health effects of different forms of mercury exposure on humans.

Keywords:

Mercury exposure, Methylmercury, Health Effects, Neurotoxicity, Minamata Disease

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