### element | metal:

Mercury
* Most mercury affects brain development
* Most mercury enters aquatic environments
* Most mercury has density
  - elliptical orbits
  - enormous ranges
  - fields
  - magnetic fields
  - properties
  - temperature ranges
* Most mercury has weak fields
  - increases excretion
  - occurring in the atmosphere is in the form of elemental vapor
* Some mercury contains irons
  - vaccines
* Some mercury has diameters
  - gravity
  - health
  - low gravity
  - surface gravity
* Some mercury is located in fish
  - natural in the environment
  - reaches Indiana waters occurs naturally
* accumulates most efficiently in the aquatic food web
  - mostly in the kidneys and the brain
* acts as a cumulative poison because the rate of elimination by body functions is low
  - poison to the central nervous system in humans
  - to effect health by interfering with enzyme function
  - communication and so Virgo is associated with a rapid speed of learning
  - fetal development, preventing the brain and nervous system from developing normally
* alloys well with a number of metals.
* attaches to particles of organic material or sediment and falls to the river or lake bottom
* attacks the brain and nervous system
  - central nervous system and can damage the brain, kidneys and lungs
  - human central nervous system, particularly the brain
* bioaccumulates and persists in the environment.
* bioaccumulates in fish tissue, prompting advisories for pregnant women to limit consumption
* blocks the natural formation and migration of nerve cells and slows the growth of the brain.
* boils at a very low temperature, and disappears as fumes when heated.
* can be a pregnancy problem even prior to conception
  - very dangerous substance and is difficult to dispose of properly
  - harmful to the nervous system at high levels of exposure
  - naturally present in ore and is produced as a byproduct of gold and silver mining
  - toxic to the nervous system
  - toxic, or poisonous, to loons
* can cause a host of problems in our bodies
  - abnormal hair loss and hair growth
  - acute poisoning in a large dose
  - an array of neurological and developmental problems in infants and children
  - both chronic and acute poisoning
  - brain damage, disabilities, birth defects and even death
  - developmental and neurological problems, especially in fetuses and young children
  - neurological damage
  - serious and permanent nerve and kidney damage
  - severe birth defects in unborn children
  - enter surface waters naturally from rock and soil as well as from industrial activity
* can enter the air from the burning of coal and waste and from manufacturing plants
  - body either through skin absorption or through inhalation of mercury vapors
* can enter the body through inhalation of mercury vapors or by skin absorption
  - the skin, by mouth, or by inhalation
  - when contaminated water is used for drinking or for preparing food
  - harm older children and adults, but it takes larger amounts
  - produce colorless, odorless, and difficult to detect vapor at room temperature
  - travel long distances in the atmosphere
* can, at times, behave in a peculiar fashion.
* causes cancer, birth defects, and neurological damage
  - damage to the nervous system
  - mercury poisoning
  - miscommunication like appointments missed, and events that don t go as planned
  - permanent damage to the liver and central nervous system and can cause birth defects
  - problems with the nervous system that can lead to learning difficulties in children
* causes severe health effects on people, fish and wildlife
  - neurological damage to the developing fetus and child
* collects in animals and moves up the food chain, primarily through fish.
* comes from natural and man-made sources.
* concentrates as it moves up the food chain.
* conducts electricity and is used to make silent, position dependent switches
* consists of virtually no atmosphere.
* containing products can themselves result in a direct release to the environment.
* continues to be used routinely at medical facilities
  - rise slowly after stopping inflation
  - seep into the waterways, via the factories' waste heaps and drainage canals
  - sink, but Mars creeps higher, in the days thereafter
* deals with all types of learning and acquiring of knowledge
  - the way our mind works
* diffuses into the metallic alloy particles, reacting with silver and tin.
* easily alloys with metals, such as gold, silver, and tin, known as amalgams.
  - the body through the lungs and the skin
* enters the environment both naturally and through man-made sources
  - naturally and through industrial pollution
  - through waste incinerators and coal-burning power plants
* evaporates easily and can become a breathable vapor, which can cause health problems.
* experiences odd conditions.
* flows so beautifully that it is also called quicksilver.
* forms useful compounds with other elements.
* freezes at a higher temperature than alcohol does.
* gives off a bluish-white color.
* governs the brain, sense of sight, communication and movements
  - intellect and communication abilities
  - mind and intellect
* governs the mind, intellect, and all forms of communication
  - speech, and all other forms of communication
* helps rule the nervous system.
* impacts most severely on neural tissue.
* impairs fetal development, preventing the brain and nervous system from developing normally.
* includes atoms.
* inhibits absorption of minerals.
* interferes with fat metabolism and so does a high temperature.
* is always tough to spot because it is never very far from the sun
  - by far the densest of the planets in the solar system, a fact that puzzles scientists
  - chemical elements
  - close to the sun
  - companies
  - division
  - elusive and requires a low horizon and a clear sky if it is to be seen
  - heavy metal
  - liquid metal
  - liquids
  - located in mouths
  - metallic elements
* is present in numerous chemical forms
  - throughout the fish muscle, called the filet
  - programming language
  - toxic substances
  - transition metal
* lacks American national identity.
* leaves the body mostly through the urinary and digestive tracts.
* literally bakes and freezes at the same time.
* looks like a bright star, and most people that see it find that it looks pink
  - crescent moon when it passes between Earth and the sun
  - pink starlike object about as bright as a bright star, always low in the sky
* loves sulfur more than other molecules.
* mixes with the food and goes down the digestive tract with it.
* moves around the sun faster than any other planet
  - quickly around the sun in an elliptical path, like a horse running around a racetrack
  - swiftly around the sun
  - through the environment as a result of both natural and human activities
* occurs naturally at relatively safe levels
  - in coal and mineral ores
* occurs naturally in the environment and is also released as the result of human activities
  - as mercuric sulfide, also known as cinnabar
  - in several forms
  - environment, e.g., from volcanic emissions or from soil
  - theenvironment as mercuric sulfide, also known as cinnabar
  - naturally, and also becomes airborne during combustion and incineration processes
  - uncombined in nature to a limited extent
* often is visible from earth with binoculars and sometimes even the naked eye.
* penetrates the placenta barrier and can adversely affect an unborn child.
* plays a tremendous role in influencing the public opinion
  - havoc with bacteria because it is so toxic
  - roles
* precipitates into even the most pristine of lakes.
* primarily manufactures outboard motors, props, housings, and associated engine parts.
* puts in an appearance late in the month.
* rains down on Midwest cities, slowly poisoning humans and other species alike.
* reaches children through consumption of fish and fish products, particularly tuna
  - waters either through direct deposition or as run-off from soil after rain
* recycles between land, water, and air and enters plant and animal tissue.
* relates to youth who can learn so quickly, because they adapt and change continually.
* rises no higher by suction, than the weight of the atmosphere impels it.
* rotates slower.
* rules all the mental functions and the nervous system
  - our thinking processes
* rules the lungs, the lymphs and the nerves
  - mind, intellect, and all communications
  - overall quality of the early years of life
* settles downwind from plants contaminating the fish in many lakes and rivers.
* shines low in the west early in the month.
* shows no traces of active movement
  - some variety of surface features
* sinks lower day by day.
* slips between the Earth and sun today.
* stands tall.
* starts off to the right of Jupiter and much closer to the horizon.
* symbolizes communication.
* tends to accumulate in food chains
  - higher food chain levels
  - evaporate slowly over a period of time
* therefore bakes and freezes at the same time
  - has only a relatively thin silicate mantle and crust
* too can kill living things, from bacteria to human beings.
* translates the light of Jupiter to Venus.
* travels far downwind, before raining down on Maine's lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams.
* vaporizes rapidly at room temperature, and can rapidly spread throughout the room.
+ Mercury (element), Toxicity: Metals :: Chemical elements
  * Mercury is liquid at room temperature, and fumes of mercury are very poisonous. Ingested elemental mercury is less dangerous. The biggest problems are organic mercury compounds which are eaten with food. Mercury can cause both chronic and acute poisoning.