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NLM® Resource Update: Enviro-Health Link/Hazards of Mercury

NLM® Resource Update: Enviro-Health Link/Hazards of Mercury. NLM Tech Bull. 2008 May-Jun; (362):e8.

May 23, 2008 [posted]

[Editor's Note: This is a reprint of an announcement published on NLM-Tox-Enviro-Health-L, an e-mail announcement list available from the NLM Division of Specialized Information Services. To subscribe to this list, please see the NLM-TOX-ENVIRO-HEALTH-L Join, Leave, or Change Options page.]

The effects of mercury on human health are a common concern. The new NLM Enviro-Health Links page, Mercury and Human Health includes links to sites about mercury reduction, occupational exposure, compact fluorescent light bulbs, mercury in health care, regulations and state legislation, and preformed TOXLINE® and MEDLINE® /PubMed® searches.

NLM also offers other Enviro-Health Links on topics such as: