A Review of Events that Expose Children to Elemental Mercury in the United States
"Concern for children exposed to elemental mercury prompted the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to
review the sources of elemental mercury exposures in children, describe the location and proportion of children affected, and make recommendations on how to prevent these
exposures. The review excluded mercury exposures from coal-burning facilities, dental
amalgams, fish consumption, medical waste incinerators, or thimerosal-containing vaccines."