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Mercury (Hg)

Three toxic forms: elemental (vapour from broken thermometers, dental amalgam), inorganic salts (mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate), and organic (methylmercury from biomagnification, ethylmercury from thimerosal). Targets kidneys and central nervous system. Minamata Bay outbreak (Japan, 1956) was methylmercury.

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Arsenic (As)Dry ashingHydride generation (HG-AAS)Lead (Pb)Marsh test (1836)Reinsch testThallium (Tl)Wet digestion

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