The Environmental Case Management of Mercury-Exposed Persons
These guidelines are intended to support public health officers to manage health risks from exposure to mercury in non-occupational settings.
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About this item
- Issue date:
- 17 November 2023
- Status:
- Current
- Corporate Author:
- Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
- Type:
- Guidance
- Topic:
- Environmental health
- Copyright status:
© Crown Copyright, Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- ISBN:
- 978-1-99-106772-2
These guidelines provide practical advice for the investigation and environmental case management of mercury-exposed cases. They are intended to assist the public health officers in achieving a tolerable level of mercury in the environment of exposed children and/or adults, so limiting any adverse effect on people’s health. Making their environment ‘mercury safe’ will also protect people who might otherwise be exposed to the same mercury hazards in the future.
Although the guidelines focus on secondary prevention, increasing evidence of the toxicity of mercury strengthens the importance of primary prevention.
2023 revisions
The 2023 revisions are minor and administrative in nature only, from the version published in July 2021.
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Guidelines for Public Health Officers
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Guidelines for Public Health Officers