Consumer Reports found measurable mercury in every sample of canned and pouched tuna it tested, from 0.018 to 0.774 parts per million, with white albacore usually far higher than light tuna. The EPA says one weekly serving of white tuna could give women and children an unsafe dose.
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Healthcare
After Mercury Removal -- What is the Best Material to Replace Your Filling With?
Dentist Lina Garcia lays out the case against mercury amalgam fillings, noting that a single filling can release as much as 15 micrograms of mercury a day and that Denmark, Norway and Sweden have essentially banned amalgams while the ADA still approves them.
Chemical
More mercury found in restaurant served tuna/sushi- updated
Rutgers researchers DNA-tested sushi from 54 restaurants and 15 supermarkets and found mercury in every sample, at levels exceeding or approaching international limits. Bluefin akami and bigeye tuna carried significantly more mercury than fatty bluefin toro and yellowfin akami.
Chemical
Top brands of tuna found high in mercury
University of Nevada-Las Vegas researchers found 55 percent of more than 300 canned tuna samples from the top three U.S. brands exceeded the EPA's 0.5 ppm mercury standard, and 5 percent topped the FDA's 1.0 ppm limit. One of the three brands was consistently high.
Environment
The Ultimate Payback for Culprits Responsible for Sneaking Mercury into Your Mouth?
Mercola charges that FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg kept stock options in Henry Schein, the top U.S. seller of mercury amalgam, then worked on the rule that now lets amalgam fillings be sold without telling consumers they contain mercury.
Disease
New Study Negates Autism/Mercury Link
A study in Environmental Health Perspectives of 452 children aged 2 to 5 found those with autism carried lower blood mercury than typically developing children, a gap researchers attributed to their eating less fish. The piece notes the study has problems of its own.
Environment
WARNING: New Evidence Shows Mercury Present in Nearly ALL Fish
A US Geological Survey study detected mercury in every fish sampled from nearly 300 US streams. More than a quarter exceeded the EPA criterion protecting people who eat average amounts of fish, and over two-thirds topped the level of concern for fish-eating mammals.
Environment
New survey finds mercury in fish
A USGS-led survey of fish, sediment and water from streams across the country between 1998 and 2005 found mercury above the EPA's human-health criterion at 27 percent of sites. The authors caution the sampling design does not yield a true nationwide rate.
Environment
Mercury level in women increases - study
Dan Laks of UCLA examined NHANES data on 6,174 women aged 18 to 49 and found inorganic mercury in 30 percent of those tested in 2005-2006, against 2 percent in 1999-2000. Average levels rose from 0.33 to 0.39 u/L over the same period.
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