Thresholds: |
TWA | STEL |
mg/m3 | mg/m3 | |
Australia | 0.05 | |
Belgium | 0.05 | |
Czechoslovakia | 0.05 | 0.15 |
Denmark | 0.05 | |
Finland | 0.05 | |
Germany | 0.01 | 0.1 |
Great Britain | 0.05 | |
Russia | 0.005 | 0.01 |
Hungary | 0.02 | 0.04 |
Japan | 0.05 | |
Poland | 0.01 | |
Sweden | 0.05 | |
Switzerland | 0.005 | 0.005 |
United States: ACGIH | 0.05 | |
United States: NIOSH/OSHA | 0.05 |
Symtoms | Absorbed Hg |
in the body (mg) | |
Paresthesias | 25-40 |
Ataxia | 50-80 |
Language faults | >100 |
Deafness | >200 |
Mesolite | 214 |