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Article: Fish eaters suffer ill effects of toxin
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- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
- Article date:
- March 13, 2005
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David Wright suffered mood swings, joint pain and seemingly non-
stop headaches before he discovered what appeared to be the cause.
Dan Deeter lived as a near-invalid for about three years, wracked
with pain, until a doctor performed a special test and he changed his
diet.
And while Mike Brown "feels great," he nevertheless wondered about
long-term damage.
All three Inland Valley men ate a lot of fish, including fresh
bluefin tuna and swordfish and canned tuna. And all three had off-
the-charts levels of a toxic heavy metal in their systems: mercury.
"My reading was so high, it's one you usually only read on an
autopsy," Brown said he was told by his physician.
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