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Jim, wrote:
Italy Anonymous Remailer wrote:
I'll read Salon when hell freezes over OK, meantime, stick to boating,
not
political based slams.
Fishing is boating related, health is boating related. The reports are
not from Salon, so don't shoot the messenger. And a closed mind is
nothing to be proud of. It's more a sign of ignorance.
OR immaturity
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, "Jim," wrote:
A.Melon wrote:
Just because it is on the internet does not make it true. Simply
copying
and pasting a political slam does not excuse you from being a spammer.
Salon.com is a far left organization that invents their own stories.
Just
cause a rag smells like fish does not make it worthy of posting here.
Get a life.
You don't have to like Salon -- but what about these studies?
Browngoehl's remarks are backed by several alarming studies of
mercury in the past decade. One study, sponsored by the U.S. National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Europe's Environment
and Climate Research Program, showed that children exposed to mercury
in utero did poorly on tests measuring their attention span, memory
and speaking abilities. According to the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, both the brains and nervous systems of children
who have been exposed to mercury can be damaged. Their language and
visual spatial skills can also suffer.
Karen Perry, deputy director of the environmental health department
at Physicians for Social Responsibility, has this advice: "For women
who are of child-bearing age, we would advise they learn more about
which fish are the cleanest and the safest and continue to eat fish
in moderation and choose the lowest-mercury fish. The sad part of all
of this is that fish is such a healthy food, we don't want to tell
people not to eat it. So you have to give them more information, so
they can make the best choices."
You would have seen them had you read the article
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, "Jim," wrote:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/20...ury/print.html
Extract
Millions of fetuses whose mothers eat fish are being exposed to
brain-damaging mercury. But critics charge the Bush
administration's regulations are like bailing the ocean with a
thimble.
"Children who suffer the consequences of methylmercury toxicity
often appear like other children who may have been affected for a
genetic reason," explains Leo Trasande, the assistant director of
the Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Center for Children's Health
and the Environment in New York. "A child with mental retardation
may have had a significant environmental exposure in the perinatal
period. But there are no hallmarks." One study found that an
affected child could score lower on IQ tests by as little as .20 of
a point to as much as 24 points.
While the Bush administration cajoles women to follow its fish
warnings, it's proved unwilling to take on the root of the problem.
Fish, after all, are only the pathway of mercury to our
bloodstreams. Coal-fired power plants, in the United States and
abroad, are the largest source of man-made mercury pollution. But
Bush and company stand in the way of international efforts to
prevent mercury pollution and are doing little the stop it at home.
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