Mercury Hazards to Living Organisms.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: SciTech Book News | Date: September 1, 2006 | Copyright information

0849392128

Mercury hazards to living organisms.

Eisler, Ronald.

CRC / Taylor & Francis

2006

312 pages

$169.95

Hardcover

QH545

The effects of mercury on life are as complex as the roles of the mythical god Mercury, with a fine line between tolerable natural and toxic levels. Thus Eisler, a retired federal service research biologist who is an authority on chemical risk assessment, interestingly begins his treatment of this element. After tracing its mining ...

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