FDA upgrades fish consumption warnings.

United Press International;  January 12, 2001 ;     484 words ......high levels of the potent neurotoxin methyl mercury. The Food and Drug Administration also...children avoid eating such species. Methyl mercury makes its way up the food chain when...fish feed on other fish, which absorb methyl mercury from water as they feed on aquatic...

BUSH IS IGNORING FACTS ON MERCURY.(Editorial)(Column)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  April 17, 2004 ;     666 words ......on the most common dietary source of methyl mercury in the U.S. diet. For more than 50...much more about the health hazards of methyl mercury. At very low levels of exposure, especially...document that adults also are at risk from methyl mercury. In fact, a recent study from Johns...

Maybe it's better the big one got away; Choose wisely before preparing...

Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  July 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ......The mercury in fish in the form of methyl mercury bio- accumulates," said Eliseo Guallar...contain." Humans who eat fish high in methyl mercury also begin to accumulate the toxin...since 2001, based on evidence that methyl mercury harms an unborn baby's developing nervous...

Nutritional factors may modify the toxic action of methyl mercury in...

The Journal of Nutrition;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......historical record of clinical cases of methyl mercury poisoning dates back to the 19th century...occurred in Japan due to the release of methyl mercury into bodies of fresh and ocean water...occurred in the area of Minamata Bay: methyl mercury, which was unwittingly discharged into...

FDA UPGRADES FISH CONSUMPTION WARNINGS

United Press International;  January 12, 2001 ;     494 words ......high levels of the potent neurotoxin methyl mercury. The Food and Drug Administration also...children avoid eating such species. Methyl mercury makes its way up the food chain when...fish feed on other fish, which absorb methyl mercury from water as they feed on aquatic...

Certain Fish Pose Risk in Pregnancy.(Brief Article)

Family Practice News;  April 1, 2001 ;     361 words ......types of fish contain a high level of methyl mercury, the form of mercury that can be harmful...they contain the highest levels of methyl mercury and there fore pose the greatest risk...form of steaks or sushi can contain methyl mercury levels that exceed the action level...

Tough opening days for Heidecke Lake

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  April 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ......development and a consistent pattern of methyl mercury levels detected in predator species...years of age." Like most contaminants, methyl mercury accumulates in forage species and works...Predator fish eat the smaller fish and methyl mercury is accumulated up the food chain so...

FDA announces Foods Advisory Committee to meet on methyl mercury in...

M2 Presswire;  March 4, 2002 ;     375 words ......Foods Advisory Committee to meet on methyl mercury in seafood (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...Committee to review issues surrounding methyl mercury in commercial seafood. This review...species with the highest levels of methyl mercury: shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and...

FDA Advises Pregnant, Nursing Women to Avoid Certain Fish.

OB GYN News;  February 15, 2001 ;     378 words ......types of fish contain a high level of methyl mercury the form of mercury that can be harmful...they contain the highest levels of methyl mercury and therefore pose the greatest risk...form of steaks or sushi can contain methyl mercury levels that exceed the action level...

Landfills Make Mercury More Toxic.(need for landfill emissions...

Science News;  July 7, 2001 ;     578 words ......toxic, its most poisonous embodiment is methyl mercury, the result of a chemical modification...Two years ago, Lindberg's team found methyl mercury in the water vapor that condensed out...microbes resides in landfills. However, methyl mercury comes in two forms--mono- and ...

Getting the mercury out.(Brief article)

Pediatrics for Parents;  August 1, 2008 ;     295 words ......Protection Agency's mercury exposure guidelines, which are based on methyl mercury, not ethyl mercury. But, Thimerosal contains ethyl mercury, not methyl mercury. It's methyl mercury that can cause mercury poisoning and other harmful effects and...

FDA announces advisory on methyl mercury in fish.

M2 Presswire;  January 15, 2001 ;     416 words ......2001-US FDA: FDA announces advisory on methyl mercury in fish (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...fish that may contain high levels of methyl mercury. The FDA is advising these women not...levels of a form of mercury called methyl mercury that may harm an unborn baby's developing...

Vaccine preservatives: what is the big deal?

Indian Journal of Medical Research;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......would have the same toxicology as methyl mercury, a chemical about which a great deal was known. For instance, methyl mercury used as an insecticide had been...the human body compared with methyl mercury. Both were metabolized in the...

PUBLIC INVESTIGATOR / TAKING TIPS, CHASING LEADS, SOLVING PROBLEMS;...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ......acids, some types are also tainted with methyl mercury, a dangerous neurotoxin that causes...or suggested maximum daily intake of methyl mercury -- by more than 35 times. Yet, by U...FDA, said "there is no concern" about methyl mercury in sushi and that the agency addressed...

LETTERS

Drug Topics;  March 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......mercury than canned light tuna. Further, methyl mercury is not the same type of mercury found in...chemical changes that transform mercury into methyl mercury. Fish absorb the methyl mercury as they feed in these waters. Methyl mercury...