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ScienceAsia 4 (1978): 106-112 |doi: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.1978.04.106

 

MERCURY POLLUTION: ITS ORIGIN AND CONTROL MEASURES FOR THAILAND

 

B.N. LOHANI and S. MUTTAMARA

Summary: Mercury pollution has been a great threat to human health since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Mental disorders resulting from mercury poisoning gave rise to the phrase "mad as a hatter", during the 19th Century when mercury com. pounds were used in treating felt for hats. Importance was placed quite high on the mercury pollution after the occurrence of Minamata disease.

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Environmental Engineering Division, Asian Institute of Technology, P.D. Box 2754, Bangkok, Thailand

Received 28 June 1978