石巻の食中毒：市が鯨肉を回収　発症３５人に　／宮城 石巻市が牡鹿地区住民を対象に頒布したミンククジラの生肉が原因とみられる食中毒問題で、市は２４日、鯨肉の回収を始めた。同日も下痢や嘔吐（おうと）を訴え診察を受ける住民が出て、発症者数は計３５人となった。 記事：毎日新聞　2010年9月25日　地方版 The city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture started a recall of Minke whale meat products on September 24 after dozens of people reported food poisoning symptoms from the meat. About 35 people are confirmed to have suffered from diarrhea and nausea. On September 21 the city sold and distributed about 750 kilos […]

Although many international studies show serious cardiac, neurological and developmental impacts from relatively low levels of mercury contamination, Japanese government doctors professed they could find nothing wrong with highly contaminated Taiji, Wakayama citizens who ate mercury-toxic dolphin meat. It is noteworthy that Japan’s researchers avoided critical tests on children that led Faroe Island gov doctors […]

New York Regarding the May 10 article “Most Taiji residents rest easy, refuse to change diet”: I am dismayed that the Japanese media’s coverage of mercury levels detected in the citizens of Taiji (Wakayama Prefecture) has not included several important points about mercury testing and the effects of toxicity, particularly for women and children. First, […]

Screening and Sypmosium of the Academy Award winning documentary “The Cove” Date/time: June 9, 2010 at 6:20pm Charge:¥1000 Venue: Nakano Zero, Small Hall (seating about 500). 8 mins. walk from JR Nakano station (http://www.nices.jp/access/zero.html) Following the screening of “The Cove”, a symposium will be held to discuss the methods of the filming of the documentary, […]

From the Oscar winning documentary producers of “The Cove”, Mercury Rising explores mercury in the food we eat and vaccinations, and the dangers of mercury and the links to health problems such as mercury poisoning, and autism. Click “Read more” to view:

2010 Academy Award Winning Documentary “The Cove” Movie Screening and Talk Session This will be a double showing of The Cove and include discussion panels on mercury in seafood and sea life health vs. public health. March 30th, 2010 7pm-10pm Admission: Free Please go here for application Sponsored and supported by Elsa Nature Conservancy, CIRCLET、 […]

Cruel Heart: Song download for dolphins! Already nominated for an Oscar, the environmental thriller THE COVE brings to light the machinations of the Japanese dolphin hunters. More than 2,000 dolphins are brutally killed each year in the fishing village of Taiji. In protest of this crime against marine mammals, OceanCare and the Save Japan Dolphins […]

Mark Hyman, MD Practicing physician and pioneer in functional medicine Posted: February 20, 2010 07:17 AM (Excerpt) Risk Increases with Dose Harvey Clewell from the ENVIRON Health Sciences Institute, Ruston, Louisiana, reviewed the epidemiologic studies from the Seychelles and Faroe islands. He showed that your risk of toxicity increases with higher doses of mercury. Now, […]

Japan Today Friday 22nd January, 06:40 AM JST Levels of mercury in hair samples of residents of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, which is known for customarily eating small whales caught by coastal whaling, are about 10 times the average in Japan, possibly due to consumption of whale meat with high concentration of mercury, one of researchers […]