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On October 16, 2020, the State Food and Drug Administration issued a notice on the "Minamata Convention on Mercury ", which required that from January 1, 2026, my country will completely prohibit the production of mercury thermometers and mercury blood pressure meters products.
"Minamata Convention on Mercury" is because the city of Minamata in Japan had a very serious mercury pollution incident in the mid-20th century, which is the famous minamata disease incident in Japan ! At that time, the poisoned people suffered severe brain damage to , paralysis, and incoherent , so mercury poisoning is very harmful to the human body.
The "Mercury Treaty Diplomacy Conference" hosted by UN Environment Program was held in Japan in 2013 and passed the Minamata Convention on Mercury. All 87 countries and regions in China signed the Convention. From 2020, the production and import and export of mercury-containing products will be prohibited.
, and mercury body temperature needle and mercury blood pressure monitor mainly include mercury products, that is, mercury.
But now many families are still accustomed to using mercury body temperature needle !
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Three-year-old Sihan had a cold and fever a few days ago. The teacher asked the child with cold and fever not to go to kindergarten, so he had to stay at home and asked his mother to report Sihan's temperature every day.
It just happened to be because of a fever, and my mother also took his temperature every day.
Mom prepared forehead thermometer at home, and also had a mercury thermometer, but my mother herself is a doctor in the emergency department . She feels that the forehead thermometer is not very accurate, so she is still used to using mercury body thermometer to measure the temperature of the child.
On this day, my mother put the mercury thermometer under Sihan's armpit and told Sihan, "Don't move when you go to the toilet!"
The curious Shihan sat on the sofa for two minutes and found that her mother had not moved yet, so she took out the temperature needle and looked up like her mother, but found that she could not see anything.
So I put the temperature needle into my mouth and used my hands to tweak the temperature needle . Unexpectedly, the fragile temperature needle broke suddenly!
The moment the mercury thermometer broke, my mother also came out of the toilet!
Seeing the half-body temperature needle in his son Sihan's mouth and the half-body temperature needle in his hand, the mother quickly said, "Son, don't move."
The next few actions of my mother were incredible, but the doctor liked it
Action 1: Find a container
, pick up an abandoned mineral water bottle next to it, carefully put on gloves , then gently put the mercury body temperature needle on the child's hand and the half temperature needle in the mouth into the mineral water bottle, and quickly cover the bottle cap.
[Why do this]
The child’s just broken mercury body temperature needle still has mercury left in the child’s temperature needle, so the mother put the body temperature needle together with mercury into the mineral water bottle to cover it, which is to to prevent the mercury inside from evaporating out and polluting the air.
Action 2: Cut the child's clothes to bathe the child, open the window to ventilate
Sihan's mother Use scissors to cut off the child's clothes and pants , then put it in a bag, take off his gloves and throw them into the bag where he packs his clothes, and open the doors and windows in the house.
carried the child to the bathroom, opened the bathroom window and exhaust fan, asked grandma to bathe him, and also picked up the cushion on the sofa and threw it into the bag.
[Why do this]
The child breaks the mercury body temperature needle, and The clothes may be stained with mercury , so the mother did not use it to take off. It was to prevent the mercury from being shaken off when taking off her clothes, but gently cut the clothes and threw them away together with the gloves that the mother just wore and the sofa cushion that the child was sitting on.
When bathing a child, open the window and hair dryer and worry about the child still having mercury. Open the window to ventilate is a good way to avoid mercury polluting the air , and it is also to clean the mercury on the child.
Action 3: Check the child's mouth
Turn on the flashlight to check the child's mouth and find that the child's mouth is not damaged, so I let out a long sigh.
[Why do this]
There are three forms of mercury, one is mercury, one is ionic mercury, and the other is organic mercury.
Mercury body temperature needle is a non-bound form. It is a blunt metal and is not easily changed into a free form or absorbed.
Before Japan Minamata disease is because the discharge of organic mercury.
Mercury The mercury in the body temperature needle cannot be absorbed if it is only in the digestive tract, unless it is damaged in the mouth or gastrointestinal tract, and may be absorbed through the blood, causing a poisoning reaction.
So mother will use a flashlight to see if there are any wounds in the mouth where the child breaks the mercury body temperature needle. If there is no wound, don’t worry too much.
Action 4: Let your child drink milk
milk. Soy milk or eggs have a large amount of protein in the egg white. The protein will bind to the mercury in mercury, which can protect the digestive tract well.
Action 5: Let the child eat leek egg cake
There is leek egg cake wheat in the breakfast stall downstairs. My mother hurried downstairs to buy 5, so that the child would not have to eat other foods today, so she specializes in leek egg cake.
Because leeks are a food with crude fiber , entering the child's intestines will promote intestinal peristalsis and can excrete mercury in the intestines as soon as possible.
Action 6: Treat clothes and mineral water bottles
Both clothes and mineral water bottles may contain mercury, so my mother specially got toxic and harmful items recycling bin and threw it away.
Sihan's mother is an emergency department doctor. She knows that going to the hospital is also done with X-ray , to check whether there is mercury in the child's belly. If there is mercury, it just makes the child eat more , high-protein and high-fiber foods , so the way to go to the hospital is the same as at home.
So mother can also avoid rushing to the hospital, which will waste time on handling accidents.
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