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- Kilojoule Bomb In Your Beverages
- The Very Real Dangers Of Refined Foods
- What Whole Grains Will Do For You
- Turbo-Charge Your Life With Fresh Air
- How To Quit Alcohol
- How To Quit Smoking
- Is Your Cell Phone Undermining Your Life
- Sunlight Could Save Your Life
- Beating The Virus Hands Down
- How To Overcome The Common Cold – For Life
- Sunlight Improves Sleep
- Understanding & Treating Allergies
- Scientists Call for Worldwide Warning:Be Wary of Eating Fish
- Aids and the Immune System
- The True Causes And Cures Of Disease
- The Great Chemical Trade Off
- Fowl Treatment
- Hexachlorophene Beware
- Cool Stools
- Talcum Powder In Question
- Aluminium? Beware!
- The Candy Shop Syndrome
- Red Clover The Cancer Fighter
- Sugar As A Cause Of Diabetes & Cancer
- Why You Need Soya Beans To Stop Aging
- Why Oranges Are Good For You
- The Nature’s Choice Super-Food Phenomenon
- Could Your Symptoms be Related to a Deficiency an Overdose or an Excess?
- Colon Cleanse (Psyllium Husk Fiber)
- Walnuts A Real Spoil From Nature’s Pantry
A special issue of the international science journal Ambio contains “The Madison Declaration on Mercury Pollution.”This is a synopsis of the latest scientific knowledge about the danger posed by mercury pollution, presenting 33 findings from five synthesis papers prepared by the world’s leading mercury scientists.
They conclude that the risks posed by fish contaminated with mercury call for a worldwide general warning to the public, especially to children and women of childbearing age.
The declaration confirms that eating fish is the primary way most people are exposed to highly toxic methylmercury, and that exposure to this toxin now constitutes a public health problem. Other concerning findings include:
¤ On average, three times more mercury is falling from the sky today than before the Industrial Revolution 200 years ago.
¤ There is now solid scientific evidence of methylmercury’s toxic health effects, particularly to the human fetus.
¤ New evidence indicates that methylmercury exposure may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, particularly in adult men.
AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 36(1): 62?66
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