Mercury Health information topics about Mercury: Children 1. What You Need to Know about Mercury Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/oerrpage/superfund/kids/sup_fact/mercury1.htm Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Mercury Poisoning National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D008630&recruiting... 2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Mercury National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=mercury&recruiting=true Directories 1. Safe Mercury Management: Where You Live Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/mercury/live.htm Law and Policy 1. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Mercu Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/dwh/c-ioc/mercury.html Organizations 1. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water http://www.epa.gov/watrhome/ 2. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ 3. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and S http://www.ninds.nih.gov/ 4. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid W http://www.epa.gov/osw/ Overviews 1. Mercury Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts46.html 2. Tox Town National Library of Medicine http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/ 3. Mercury in the Environment U.S. Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/themes/factsheet/146-00/ 4. Mercury Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/mercury/index.htm Prevention/Screening 1. Guide to Healthy Eating of the Fish You Catch Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/30cwafish.pdf Related Issues 1. What Should I Do if I Have a Mercury Spill? Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/mercury/spills.htm 2. TOXNET Databases National Library of Medicine http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/ 3. National Mercury Map University of Wisconsin-Extension, Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center http://www.mercuryinschools.uwex.edu/regions_map.htm 4. Consumer Update: Dental Amalgams Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/amalgams.html 5. Dental Filling Options: Frequently Asked Questions American Dental Association http://www.ada.org/public/topics/fillings_faq.asp 6. EPA Releases 12th Annual National Listing of Fish Environmental Protection Agency http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/b1ab9f485b098972852562e7004dc686/c... 7. Fish Oil Supplements: Do They Contain Mercury? Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00797 8. Flu Shots: Do They Contain Mercury? Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00680 9. How Do I Dispose of Something That Has Mercury in Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/mercury/disposal.htm 10. Mercury & Thimerosal National Immunization Program http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/thimerosal/faqs-mercury.htm 11. Mercury in Schools University of Wisconsin-Extension, Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center http://www.mercuryinschools.uwex.edu/ 12. National Alert: A Warning about Continuing Pattern Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/alerts/970626.html 13. National Listing of Fish Advisories Fact Sheet Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/advisories/factsheet.pdf Research 1. Research on Thimerosal National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/thimerosal.htm 2. 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