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MERCURY 284
2. HEALTH EFFECTS
The intraperitoneal administration of mercuric chloride at levels comparable to those described above did not
induce a clastogenic response in the spermatogonia of the same mouse strain (Poma et al. 1981). Structural
chromosome aberrations were not produced in metaphase II oocytes of 15 virgin Syrian hamsters receiving a
single intraperitoneal injection of 7.4 mg Hg/kg as methylmercury chloride (Mailhes 1983). However, the
frequency of hyperploid cells in the treated animals was significantly (p