As a doctor, I am much more
concerned about mercury exposure in the environment - particularly in food (like that tuna fish sandwich).
As long as you don't eat shrimp every day, there is very little reason to be worried
about mercury buildup in your milk supply.
More than half said they don't
warn about mercury, and hardly any of them give advice about lead, pesticides, air pollution or chemicals in plastics or cosmetics.
I'm sure most of you have
heard about mercury poisoning and how it is definitely damaging our health.
For a nationwide
advisory about mercury in fish, the EPA and Food and Drug Administration have translated their message into Spanish, Hmong, Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Cambodian and Korean.
Okay... after all the talk
yesterday about the mercury glass candle holders I would LOVE to have for my mantle, I decided to make a trip to TJ Maxx JUST TO SEE if they were on sale.Well, they were.
Facts about mercury we all should know According to Dr. Jane Hightower, author of Diagnosis: Mercury Money Politics and Poison we do have to worry about fish, and either keep within limits (2 fish meals per week), and / or concentrate on the least contaminated (generally smaller fish) species.
Regarding the June letter from James Bramson of the American Dental Association in response to «Our Preferred Poison,» your March
feature about mercury: Mr. Bramson's choosing to draw an analogy between table salt (a chemical compound) and mercury fillings (an amalgam, as he states) would make anyone with an elementary knowledge of chemistry feel less than reassured.
The humble saltmarsh sparrow is yielding surprising
clues about mercury's environmental impact.
Related sites Food and Drug Administration advisory on mercury in fish Experiment on the effects of atmospheric mercury on freshwater environments Information
about mercury cycling Mercury Q&A from the U.S. Tuna Foundation
The bottom line: Even with all the
questions about mercury and PCBs, youre healthier if you eat seafood than if you avoid it.
I strongly encourage you to watch the new documentary film Mercury Undercover, which exposes just how far those in power will go to prevent you from learning the
truth about mercury contamination from dental amalgam — all in the name of money.
I also previously interviewed Dr.
Shade about mercury detoxification, which you can listen to here:
Mercury Undercover discusses the mountain of
evidence about mercury contamination, as reported by doctors, scientists, environmental experts and mercury - poisoned survivors.
I would strongly suggest checking out the «frequent - dose - chelation» yahoo group, or google «Andrew Hall Cutler PhD» or «Andy Cutler» to find his
page about mercury toxicity and how to safely — and inexpensively — chelate mercury and other heavy metals from the body.
Michelle, There is a group I discovered on Facebook that Is the absolute best for you to
learn about mercury poisoning, test for it, and wipe it out of your body.
Despite your OB's concerns on one
hand about mercury in fish — while somehow blithely injecting thimerosol - containing (ethylmercury) flu shots, on the other — many women remain confused about the role of seafood in a pregnancy diet.
The reason, at least in part, has to do with fears about it, from highly publicized
stories about mercury contamination to feeling intimidated about purchasing and preparing it.
The thing that I also
love about the mercury glass combination is just how versatile it is for other decor, whether you are putting them on a tree or even a bowl on the table.
While environmentalists have worried
about mercury pollution for years, at least one recent study suggests that as mercury pollution from power plants has decreased, mercury contamination in bluefish has decreased too.
When everyone's knickers were in a
twist about mercury in CFLs, I wondered why they don't just put a 25 cent deposit on them and have people bring them back.