Last update Jan. 20, 2014
Low Risk
We do not have alternatives for Mercury.
Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM team of health professionals, and are based on updated scientific publications. It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it. The pharmaceutical industry contraindicates breastfeeding, mistakenly and without scientific reasons, in most of the drug data sheets.
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Mercury belongs to this group or family:
Variable | Value | Unit |
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Oral Bioavail. | Baja - Low | % |
Molecular weight | 201 | daltons |
Protein Binding | 40 | % |
T½ | 1680 | hours |
M/P ratio | 1 | - |
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e-lactancia is a resource recommended by Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine - 2006 of United States of America
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Environmental pollutant that is used for manufacturation of batteries, fungicidal products, dental amalgam, and contaminated fish.
Most of mercury present in breast milk does it as an inorganic substance which is almost non-absorbable. Breastfeeding should be discontinued whenever a mother is contaminated or intoxicated. It may be a source of neurological troubles.
Benefits of breastfeeding are largely more important than risk related to the presence of mild level environment pollutants in human milk, in many instances, they are at lower content than those found in cow’s milk or other foods. (Codex alimentarius FAO-WHO).