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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. |
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"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. |
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