[Exposure to mercury in the population. II. Mercury release from amalgam fillings].

Urinary levels of mercury (HgU) were measured in 93 males and females aged 18-63 years. Subjects with amalgam fillings (n = 72) had, on average, significantly higher levels of mercury in urine (mean = 0.57 microgram Hg/l and 0.

[Exposure to mercury in the population. I. Mercury concentrations in the urine of normal subjects].

The levels of mercury were determined in 24 h urine samples collected from 703 subjects (age 1-79 years) living in the Eastern part of the Ruhr area (West-Germany). The mean HgU level was 0.75 micrograms/l (range less than 0.

[Lead and cadmium burden of children in Stolberg].

In 1989, blood lead and blood cadmium levels were determined in 229 children (age 6-7 years) living at Stolberg (West Germany). The area of Stolberg is heavily polluted by lead and other toxic metals due to emissions from a large primary lead smelter. The mean blood lead level was 6.