Eczema and Mercury

Environmental Mercury Exposure May Increase Adult Atopic Dermatitis Risk.

MedWire (5/27, Albert) reported that, according to a study published in the journal Environmental Research, "exposure to environmental mercury may increase a person's risk for developing adult-onset atopic dermatitis (AD)." In a study of "1,990 randomly selected Korean people aged 20 years or above" who underwent blood tests and who filled out a questionnaire on their medical history, researchers found that "individuals in the highest (greater than 6.04 µg/l) versus the lowest (less than 3.56 µg/l) tertile of blood mercury concentration were 50% more likely to have a lifetime history of AD."

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