Still, even today, chronic mercury poisoning is sometimes called Mad Hatter’s Disease. Thanks to better diagnoses and more rigorous public health and occupational safety standards, the disease in its ...

Today, chronic mercury poisoning is sometimes called Mad Hatter’s Disease, a nod to the unfortunate artisans of the past. Thanks to modern diagnoses and strict public health standards ...

Other occupational ailments are so specific they almost sound comical: Mad hatter’s disease, which afflicted Victorian-era hat makers who fell victim to mercury poisoning that damaged the ...