Assertion: mercury | /r/CapableOf | pose serious health risk
Facets:
value: to developing fetuses
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Mercury is a toxic metal that poses a serious health risk to developing fetuses, babies and children, who can suffer brain damage and learning disabilities from prolonged or repeated exposure to even small amounts of mercury.
text: Because mercury poses a serious health hazard, its use and release to the environment has come under increasingly tight restrictions.