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Student asked in HealthDiseases & ConditionsOther - Diseases · 9 years ago

Does vegetables get contaminated by mercury in the soil?

lets say if a mercury thermometer broke and the mercury contaminated the soil. And what would actually happened if i consume the vegetable contaminated by the mercury?

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  • Truworth
    9 years ago
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    no at such small extent there is no problem, but if soil contain large amount of mercury, they can become harmful

    Source(s): www.doctorsahab.com
  • Kailyn
    9 years ago

    Depends how much mercury you consumed. If it was a small amount you would be fine.

  • Vira
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    You would be eating some of that mercury...

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