Sentences with phrase «mercury on human health»

While advocating for the environment, he has become particularly concerned about the effects of mercury on human health.

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A new study on the Northern Hemisphere's mercury has troubling implications for wildlife and human health

Because of the growing concerns about mercury exposure, Fernandez is leading a project at Wake Forest University in Winston - Salem, North Carolina, to study the metal's effects on human and environmental health in the Amazon.

The widespread occurrence of mercury (Hg) in the environment and, especially in fish has been highlighted because of the harmful effects of mercury compounds on the health of humans and other animals.

Human health risks depend not only on the methylmercury level in the fish, but also on how much is eaten, the body weight of the consumer, and individual variation in the body's ability to handle mercury.

Alex Epstein claimed, in a Forbes article, that health risks related to the release of mercury by coal fired power plants were a «myth» while the «truth» is that «Shutting down coal power will make electricity more expensive and threaten human health, while the impact on mercury exposure would be so small that it will have no observable effect.»