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5.8.2 Ongoing Studies
5. POTENTIAL FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE
A search of Federal Research in Progress (FEDRIP 1998) identified numerous research studies that are
currently being conducted that may fill some of the data needs discussed in Section 5.8.1. Ongoing studies and
long-term research concerning occupational or general population exposures to mercury and studies that address
the issue of the religious and ethnic uses of elemental mercury are presented in Table 5-22.