Mercury is a silvery, heavy metal but in liquid form. Many incidents have been reported with mercury. Mercury has been found way back in 1500 BC. It was also known as the 'pink disease' . It causes irritability, insomnia, photophabia, and erythema of the palms and soles. Some medicines used mercury in them. Mercury is found it batteries, thermometer, many industries, and barometer manufacturing. Mercury is a result of ingestion, injections, vapor inhalation, and absorption through the skin. It can be evaporated into the air without even being noticed because you can't see it or smell it. It can also be found in food that we consume, such as fish and high fructose corn syrup. The effects from mercury are headaches, shaking, can't sleep, heart problems,memory loss, irritability, incisiveness. Also gives the body rashes and sores. The body can get rid of mercury by urinating. As you can see mercury is a very powerful poison you mess with.
*Greek word- hydrargyrias, meaning water silver
*Symbol-Hg
http://www.medicinenet.com/mercury_poisoning/article.htm
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