dental mercury Articles
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Determination of Ultra-Trace Mercury Vapor Levels from Industrial & Military Metal Components
For many years, scrap metal reclaimers did not separate the materials containing mercury from other metals. Such things as mercury switches, dental amalgam, thermometers, and refining wastes from copper, gold and silver were processed along with the typical industrial metals. The result is that a significant portion of the Ferrous and non-Ferrous metals and alloys used today contain some ...
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Why is air purification important at dental practices?
Numerous chemicals with adverse health effects are used at dental practices. Customers’ exposure to these is limited, because they only spend a short time at the dentist’s every so often. The staff, however, spend their days on the same premises year in, year out. This makes safe indoor air particularly important to them. Chemicals at a dental practice – where do they come ...
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Mercurycontamination detection in industrial premises
Summary Environmental pressures and subsequent legislation to control hazardous substances have seen a sharp decline in the use of mercury, although it remains an important chemical in many industrial processes and a wide range of products. This ongoing use and historic prevalence means that mercury contamination represents a significant hazard during decommissioning, demolition, repurposing or ...
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Legal Lookout: EPA Expands Mercury Reduction Program
Untitled Document Mercury is a naturally occurring metal found in the Earth’s crust. At high doses, mercury is known to cause adverse human health effects. Over the past several years, EPA has focused on mercury exposures because of its potential to cause adverse human health and environmental effects, and because of its persistence and widespread distribution in the ...
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