No abstract

Mercuric chloride was accidentally ingested by a nineteen-month old boy. He exhibited severe symptoms of inorganic mercury poisoning including acute renal failure. The blood mercury level at the time of admission to hospital was 1920 ng/mL. Following emergency hemodialysis, BAL (2, 3-dimercaptopropanol) therapy and penicillamine treatment, blood levels fell to 500 ng Hg/mL and urine production restarted six days after exposure. Urine mercury reached a high of 2349 ng/mL but rapidly decreased to less than 100 ng/mL within eight days after resumption of voiding. The patient was discharged from hospital a month after admission and follow-up examinations have indicated no permanent renal damage. Blood, hair, and urine samples collected 19 months after the exposure showed normal mercury levels (blood, 6 ng Hg/mL; urine, 7 ng Hg/mL; and hair 500-900 ng Hg/g).

No abstract

1970. Strontium-90 and cesium-137 levels in tissues of fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) and harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus). Can. J. Zool. 48: 267-269.9oSr and 137Cs were determined in 11 different tissues of the fin whale and 2 different tissues of the harp seal. Muscle tissue in most instances contained more 137Cs than did the other tissues that were examined. The average concentration of 137CS in whale muscle was 4.5 pCi/g ash and in adult seal muscle was 2.5 pCi /g ash. The highest concentration (3.5 pCi /g ash) of WSr was found in whale blubber.Can. J. Zool. Downloaded from www.nrcresearchpress.com by UNIV WINDSOR on 11/18/14For personal use only.

No abstract