Japanese Mercury Safety Advocates Decry Deficient Gov Testing of Dolphin-Eating Citizens

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 to call for a total ban on cetacean consumption even though dolphin mercury levels are many times higher in Japan.

Tokyo (PRWEB) May 10, 2010 — Japan’s Suigin Iranai (“No More Mercury Poisoning”) Campaign today responded to the National Institute for Minamata Disease’s May 9 press conference stating that no significant health effects were observed despite high mercury levels in Taiji, Wakayama residents.

BACKGROUND
The National Institute for Minamata Disease (NIMD) held a press conference in Taiji, Wakayama on May 9, 2010 to announce the results of its health tests on nearly 200 Taiji citizens who showed high levels of mercury in hair tests conducted last year. Taiji has recently become a target of international criticism and concern due to its continuing mass slaughter and consumption of mercury contaminated dolphins and pilot whales.
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