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- Questions about child safety and injury prevention, as well as treatment for minor injuries.
- 10. How can mercury harm children? - Top
- How can mercury harm children?
Severe exposure, either from eating highly contaminated fish or by inhaling high concentration mercury vapors, can produce a broad range of effects on the central nervous system, kidneys, skin and lungs.
In children, mercury exposure to the central nervous system can result in a range of effects, from learning disabilities to devastating neurologic problems including mental retardation, blindness and spasticity.
- Updated: June 26, 2001
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