Mercury (Hg), killing vapors
worldwide production =10,000 tons/year
Hg compounds do not remain unsoluble i.e. nontoxic
found in plastic, ink & pigments, cosmetics, pesticides, amalgams, bleach, grains treated with fungicides
US Dep.Health & Human Services, April 1993
minute amounts of organic & inorganic Hg cause lymphocyte changes
destroyes RBCs, T-helper cells & chromosomes