Nursing mothers, risk assessment

Shelley ML. Andersen ME, Fisher JW. 1989. A risk assessment approach for nursing infants exposed to volatile organics through the mother s occupational inhalation exposure. Appl Ind Hyg 4 21-26. 

The metal can also be absorbed in some quantity through the skin. Allergic contact dermatitis is possible, but rare. Mercury is classified neither as a carcinogen [28] nor as a reprotoxin [29], but it can cross the placenta and the fetal blood/brain barrier. Pregnant and nursing mothers should undergo a risk assessment before working with mercury [30]. 

There are several groups of persons who require an additional risk assessment due to their being more at risk than other groups. Three such groups will be considered - young persons, expectant and nursing mothers and disabled workers. 

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