Mercury toxicity and contamination of households from the use of skin creams adulterated with mercurous chloride (calomel)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 10943-10954

  Copan, Lori ^a   Fowles, Jeff ^a   Barreau, Tracy ^a   McGee, Nancy ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Enforcement and Emergency ResponseDivision   (United States)

Author keywords

Calomel; Inorganic mercury poisoning; Mercurous chloride; Mercury health based guidance values; Mercury toxicity children; Residential mercury contamination; Skin lightening cream

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; CREATININE; MERCUROUS CHLORIDE; SKIN CREAM; MERCURY DERIVATIVE;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POISONING; SKIN; TOXICITY; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURIALISM; MEXICAN AMERICAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CALIFORNIA; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT; INFANT; MERCURY POISONING; MEXICO; URINE;

CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; COSMETICS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MERCURY POISONING; MEXICO; SKIN CREAM; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 84940840835     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120910943     Document Type: Article

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