Image via Wikipedia Excessive ingestion of mercury—a health hazard associated with consuming predatory fishes—damages neurological, sensory-motor and cardiovascular functioning. The mercury levels found in Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus) and bluefin tuna species (Thunnus maccoyii, Thunnus orientalis, and Thunnus thynnus), exceed or approach levels permissible by Canada, the European Union, Japan, the US, and the World […]

Image via Wikipedia PARIS — Tuna sushi bought at a range of US restaurants and supermarkets had mercury that breached levels set by health watchdogs, a study published on Wednesday said. The offending samples included bluefin tuna, the hugely-prized species that has been plunged into a fierce conservation battle, the researchers reported in the British […]

Image via Wikipedia New research that shows mercury levels are higher in some species of tuna could potentially help consumers minimize their consumption of the silvery metal in their sushi, and thus provide a powerful new tool for regulatory organizations. <More>

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:

Image via Wikipedia AIRED ON PBS JUNE 26, 2007 Dr. Pal Weihe is chief physician at the Department of Occupational and Public Health in the Faroese Hospital System. He studied epidemiology and occupational medicine in Denmark for 20 years before returning to his native Faroe Islands, where he spent the next 20 years studying the […]

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“Poisonous Policies” by Environmental Investigation Agency, PDF is available here.

Resource: Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 114, Number 2, February 2006 The notion that some substances in the environment can damage the nervous system has an ancient history. The neurotoxicity of lead was recognized more than 2,000 years ago by the Greek physician Dioscerides, who wrote, “Lead makes the mind give way.” In the intervening millennia […]