Cinnabar means to gild silver and gold to objects) "the toxic properties of mercury were well known. It was dangerous to those who mined and processed cinnabar, it caused shaking, loss of sense, and death. Data suggest that mercury was retorted from cinnabar and the workers were exposed to the toxic mercury fumes." Overexposure to mercury, mercurialism, was seen as an occupational disease to the ancient Romans: "Mining in the Spanish cinnabar mines of Almadén, southwest of Madrid, was regarded as being akin to a death sentence due to the shortened life expectancy of the miners, who were slaves or convicts."
Ore Raththam Ore Raththam Ore Raththam () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Swarnam and written by M. Karunanidhi. The film stars Karthik, BhagyalakshmiMadhuri, Kishmu, Manorama, Pandian, Seetha, M. K. Stalin and Radha Ravi. It is based on Karunanidhi's story of the same name, which was serialised in the magazine "Kungumam". "Ore Raththam" was a story which was serialised in the magazine "Kungumam". The author M. Karunanidhi adapted it for the screen with the same title. His son Stalin made his cinematic acting debut with this film. The soundtrack was composed by Devendran. "Ore Raththam" was released on 8 May