Consumers
Unaware of Mercury Risk from Canned Tuna &
Other Fish, Survey Shows; Groups Call for
Warnings in Stores
US Newswire
The New England Zero Mercury Campaign released
results today showing that over half of the
1400 consumers surveyed are unaware of mercury
exposure risks to women and kids from consumption
of canned tuna. The Mercury Policy Project,
a campaign partner, called on FDA and health
departments to strengthen fish consumption
advisories and require businesses selling
fish to post mercury fish warnings.
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'Baby
Hair' Study Shows Autistic Children Have Altered
Response to Mercury; Reduced Excretion of
Toxic Metal May Explain Autism Link
US Newswire
A study published this month in the International
Journal of Toxicology, the official journal
of the American College of Toxicology, provides
the strongest clinical evidence to date supporting
the theory that mercury exposure is tied to
autism. The study, co-authored by Mark Blaxill,
a director of Safe Minds, suggests a biological
mechanism for the hypothesis first advanced
by Safe Minds that autism is a form of mercury
poisoning and that exposure to the mercury-based
preservative thimerosal in vaccines has likely
caused neurological damage to thousands of
children.
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