Neurotoxins/neurotoxicity mercury

Numerous neurotoxic chemicals have been identified. These include pesticides (particularly, but not limited to, organophosphates and carbamates), aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, ketones, heavy metals (including lead, mercury, manganese, and others), and mixtures of these. Hundreds of individual chemicals are established or suspected neurotoxins. The EPA Guidelines for Neurotoxicity Risk Assessment and the Scorecard list of neurotoxicantsl5 contain partial lists of neurotoxic chemicals. The actual number of chemicals with neurotoxic potential has been estimated to range between 3% and 28% of all the approximately 80,000 chemicals in use (2400-22,400) Clearly, the number of mixtures possible is infinite, though little attention has been devoted to the neurotoxic effects of mixtures. 

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