... 292 MERCURY HAZARDS TO LIVING ORGANISMS Additional research is needed to more fully assess the potential hazards of mercury and its compounds to living organisms Some of the ... from 100.0 to 500.0 µg/kg body weight (daily dose) and 1000.0 to 5000.0 µg/kg diet for mammals Organomercury compounds, © 2006 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 294 MERCURY HAZARDS TO LIVING ORGANISMS ... acute inorganic mercury poisoning, and mercury- protectant drugs — including thiamin, selenium-, sulfur-, tellurium-, and other Group VI derivatives — to guard against organomercurial intoxication...