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In the Age of Sail, mercury was used on ships to treat fever, scurvy, constipation, and more, often in the form of calomel, or mercurous chloride.
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Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Over the last nine years, there have been over 60 poisonings linked to a foreign brand, unlabeled, or homemade skin creams that contained toxic chemicals like mercury, mercurous chloride or calomel in California.
—Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 12 Sep. 2019
In California alone, there have been over 60 poisonings in the last nine years linked to foreign-brand, unlabeled or homemade skin creams that contained a less toxic form of mercury, mercurous chloride or calomel, the statement said.
—NBC News, 12 Sep. 2019
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Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Over the last nine years, there have been over 60 poisonings linked to a foreign brand, unlabeled, or homemade skin creams that contained toxic chemicals like mercury, mercurous chloride or calomel in California.
—Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 12 Sep. 2019
In California alone, there have been over 60 poisonings in the last nine years linked to foreign-brand, unlabeled or homemade skin creams that contained a less toxic form of mercury, mercurous chloride or calomel, the statement said.
—NBC News, 12 Sep. 2019
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“Mercurous chloride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mercurous%20chloride. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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