Article: Fish eaters suffer ill effects of toxin

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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