Mercury in fish rising
 

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.

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.

If you'll read it, I'll find you some online stuff from the NY Department of
Environmental Conservation. But, I don't suppose you'd be interested. This
kind of information is (relatively speaking) everywhere, not just on Salon.
Since that last sentence is true, I suspect you don't read much, if at all,
or you'd know that mercury in fish is on the increase.

Get a life.


"A.Melon" wrote in message
news:e3216fb4c4f19bdcd0d5b0caf0b7d502@melontraffic kers.com...
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.

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.

"Jim," wrote in message
...
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.

Let's build nuke plants to provide us our electricity rather than buring oil
and coal.

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.




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.

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.

Copy and paste 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.

Fish is boating related, health is boating related; neither are
political (unless you are particularly sensitive to administration foul ups)

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.

Copy and paster 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.

Fish is boating related, Mercury is health related -- I am concerned
with the health of boaters. How many times must I repeat that before it
sinks in?

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.

Harry.Krause wrote:

Jim, wrote:

Copy and paste 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.



Fish is boating related, health is boating related; neither are
political (unless you are particularly sensitive to administration
foul ups)



It's your business of course, Jim, but why are you responding to these
so obvious "anonymized" troll?

Sorta like chumming

Filters are a great thing, they allow you to review the filter log numerous
times a day and comment on them numerous times a day. Heck it is more fun
to read the filter log and comment on the filter log than actually comment
on the posts by people supposedly filtered.

The only thing better would be to read the messages and read the filter log
and comment on the filter log, except when one gets sucked in by the bait
dangled in front of your nose.

Harry, I love the way you fell for the Roger bait.




"Harry.Krause" wrote in message
...
Harry.Krause wrote:
Jim, wrote:

Harry.Krause wrote:

Jim, wrote:

Copy and paste 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.





Fish is boating related, health is boating related; neither are
political (unless you are particularly sensitive to administration
foul ups)



It's your business of course, Jim, but why are you responding to these
so obvious "anonymized" troll?



Sorta like chumming



Maybe, but the stench...phew...


Just checked my filters...they're catching and deleting 99.9% of these
buttholes. So I guess their goal is to entertain each other.