Please note: This website has recently moved from www.health.gov to odphp.health.gov. www.health.gov is now the official website of ODPHP’s parent organization, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH). Please update your bookmarks for easy access to all our resources. 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Don't Mess with Mercury — A Mercury Spill Prevention Initiative For Schools

About this resource:

HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 2015

Last Reviewed: July 2015

Workgroups: Environmental Health Workgroup

On this website, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry provides information about the dangers of mercury in schools. It also provides tools and resources to help school administrators and teachers protect students and others from mercury. This includes guidance for creating a mercury policy, lesson plans on mercury, handouts with information about mercury, and tools for dealing with mercury spills.

Read more about this resource

Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce exposure to mercury in children — EH‑09
Improving

Suggested Citation

1.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (2015). Don't Mess with Mercury — A Mercury Apill Prevention Initiative for Schools. Retrieved from https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/dontmesswithmercury