Mercury Poisoning News Headlines

Are you Poisoning your Family with Fish? Mother Nature Network - March 23, 2009 David Ewing Duncan, author of the newly released book, Experimental Man, put science to the test to find out just how much mercury and other toxins he was ...

My Toxins Made Me Do It! Conde Nast Portfolio - March 20, 2009 It’s not known if these minute levels of toxins have done me (and others) any harm, though there are chemicals such as lead and mercury—which tend to ...

Parents Should Know That Vaccinations Have Risks The News Journal - August 19, 2008 Many still have mercury in them. I am not anti-vaccine. I am a parent who is scared by the epidemic number of children who have autism, asthma, ...

Kidney Disorders on the Rise in Sri Lanka Colombo Page - August 16, 2008 Environment Minister cited the “Minamata” disease in Japan with an 86% mortality rate and caused by severe mercury poisoning as a classic example of the ...

Authors Says Thimerosal Increases Autism In Children eMaxHealth.com - August 16, 2008 ... a mercury-based preservative in the vaccines -- thimerosal -- appeared to be responsible for a dramatic increase in autism and a host of other ...

As Mercury Rises, so Does Pollution Seattle Post Intelligencer - August 14, 2008 As tailpipe exhaust bakes in the afternoon sun, it undergoes a chemical transformation and turns into ground-level ozone - smog. Although ozone high in the ...

Controversial Autism Treatment KELOLAND TV - August 7, 2008 Chelation has long been used to treat lead poisoning, but now some are using it for people with autism based on a theory that metals - including mercury ...

New Car Smell: Intoxicating or Toxic? Los Angeles Times - August 4, 2008 That’ll be a cheeky cocktail of bromine, chlorine, lead, arsenic, mercury and other such wonderful chemicals and elements linked with allergies, ...

Safe Dental Amalgam Fillings Removal Imperative to Avoid Mercury ... PR-USA.net - July 30, 2008 Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 30, 2008 -- The silver dental filling, comprised of 50% mercury, the second most toxic element on this planet, ...

Study: Air pollution a Grave Danger Charlottesville Daily Progress - July 28, 2008 Thirty-two experts studied four pollutants in the eastern United States — ground-level ozone, nitrogen, sulfur and mercury — and discovered they cause ...

Can Hazardous Waste be Safely Removed for Our Bodies? NewsWithViews.com - July 26, 2008 The LD-1 of lead (the dose which would kill one rat out of a hundred) was mixed with the LD-1 of mercury, and these two combined to give a tiny lead and ...

Energy-saving Lightbulbs May Cause Health Issues The Auburn Plainsman - July 24, 2008 ... and the Vermont-based Mercury Policy Project earlier this year concluded energy efficient fluorescent bulbs can pose a small hazard of mercury poisoning ...

Pollution Destroying Oyster Beds The News - July 24, 2008 Examples of heavy metals include mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), thallium (Tl), and lead (Pb). “Trace metals play an important role ...

Beheading Our Mountains; Poisoning Our Waters! MWC News - July 22, 2008 Even if someday industry can sequester all the CO2 from coal-fired power plants, can cut completely all the nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, the mercury ...

Study: Air Pollution is Putting Ecosystems at Risk in Eastern USA The Tech Herald - July 22, 2008 Mercury contamination results in fish that are unsafe to eat. Acidification kills fish and strips nutrients from soils. Excess nitrogen pollutes estuaries, ...

Air Pollution Is Putting Ecosystems At Risk In Eastern USA; Study The Tech Herald - July 22, 2008 The pollutants which were assessed, sulphur, nitrogen, mercury, and ground-level ozone, though initially expelled in the air having originated from vehicle ...

When Good Light Bulbs Go Bad Richmond.com - July 14, 2008 Then, it turns out, they contain small amounts of mercury, a highly toxic chemical. Everyone from Dominion Virginia Power to Wal-Mart to just about every ...

It Might Be Time to Shut Your Mouth to Mercury Washington Post - July 13, 2008 Mercury from amalgam going down the drain or into a landfill is another environmental issue. The dental association encourages, but does not require, ...

Is Dental Mercury A Threat To Health? Baltimore Sun - July 12, 2008 The article mentioned that there is little scientific evidence to support Moms Against Mercury's claims about the dangers of mercury in amalgam. ...

Could Your Teeth Be Toxic? Best Syndication - July 11, 2008 But did you know that metal fillings in your mouth could be giving off potentially dangerous mercury vapor? For years, amalgam (metal) fillings were the ...

Mercury Levels Affecting Blood Pressure, Heart Rate Nunatsiaq News - July 11, 2008 Once mercury rains down and hits water, it undergoes a chemical transformation into a much more toxic form of mercury, called methyl mercury. ...

Autism and a Link to Brain Development U.S. News & World Report - July 11, 2008 Chelation is designed to treat poisoning by heavy metals, such as lead. Since one theory is that autism can be caused by exposure to mercury, a toxic metal ...

Dental Industry Gets An Earful On Mercury KATU Portland - July 9, 2008 The dental industry, asked to testify Tuesday about pollution from mercury in tooth fillings, found itself under attack from lawmakers who blame mercury for everything from autism in children to skin discoloration.

Fringe Autism Treatment Could Get Federal Study Auburn Citizen - July 9, 2008 Chelation helps the body excrete heavy metals and is approved to treat lead poisoning in children. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) The treatment removes heavy metals ...

Mercury Fillings Are Branded Toxic New York Sun - July 7, 2008 Amalgam fillings release mercury vapor during chewing and when they are placed in teeth and extracted, it adds. Eight million amalgam fillings were used in ...

Chemicals in the Environment Impact Humans: How to Protect Your ... American Chronicle - July 7, 2008 The phrase "mad as a hatter" was coined after workers occupationally exposed to mercury exhibited symptoms of mercury poisoning, including trembling and ...

Mercury Migrates from Dental Amalgams into the Human Body American Chronicle - July 6, 2008 According to researchers in Australia, exposure to mercury from dental amalgams with possible negative health effects has generally been considered to occur ...

Don't Fill Your Dental Cavity with Mercury Daily News & Analysis - July 3, 2008 The USFDA website also warns, “Dental amalgams containing mercury, may have neurotoxic effects on the nervous system of developing children and foetuses. ...

The Poisoning of America's Water Supplies Natural News.com - July 3, 2008 The three together, mercury, lead and fluoride become a kind of devil's triangle of chemical toxicity that is only made worse by aluminum and a host of ...

Hair Holds Secrets Of Metal Pollution Environmental Data Interactive - July 2, 2008 She said the hair analysis can also be used as a wider indicator of pollution in the area in which the patient lives. Tore Syversen, a professor in the ...

Children 'at Risk' from Mercury in Dental Fillings Telegraph.co.uk - June 30, 2008 A study of more than 500 Portuguese and American children who received either amalgam or mercury-free fillings found no difference between them in terms of ...

Mercury Fillings ARE Dangerous Say Regulators - But British Health ... Daily Mail - June 30, 2008 Instead it now says: 'Dental amalgams contain mercury, which may have neurotoxic effects on the nervous systems of developing children and foetuses. ...

Mercury Link to Dolphin Deaths Chemistry World - June 30, 2008 Australian scientists have found that mercury poisoning could be leading local dolphins to beach themselves. Ross Thompson and Alissa Monk at Monash ...

'What's In The Soil, What's In The Water, What's In The Food' Newsdurhamregion.com - June 30, 2008 The survey tests for a variety of chemicals including heavy metals such as mercury and pesticides, through blood and urine samples. ...

New Study Reveals Increased Pollution St. Petersburg Times - June 30, 2008 Acetone, mercury, chloroform and high concentrations of copper, iron, aluminum, and lead abound in the waters of the River Neva and other local waterways, according to a new study released by the local branch of the international environmental pressure group Greenpeace.

White-washed Faces Daily Pioneer - June 26, 2008 Mercury poisoning causes kidney damage and may also lead to psychiatric disorders. Mercury based formulations have been banned the world over, ...

Toxic Avengers Columbus Dispatch - June 24, 2008 Reutter said mercury pollution is particularly troublesome in Erie's western basin, where mercury was deposited by chemical plants along the St. Clair River ...

Concern Over Mercury in Eco-bulbs The Epoch Times - June 23, 2008 ... to avoid contact with the toxic gases or environmental pollution. At present, there are no warnings on bulb packets that the bulbs contain mercury, ...

Mercury Toxicity is Still a Threat Houma Courier - June 22, 2008 To settle a lawsuit, the Food and Drug Administration recently issued a warning that silver (amalgam) dental fillings, which contain mercury, ...

Are Your Silver Fillings Dangerous? Daily Press - June 20, 2008 The decision comes on the heels of a lawsuit filed by Moms Against Mercury late last year. "Dental amalgams contain mercury, which may have neurotoxic ...

Dental Mercury ‘Poses Health Risk to Pregnant Women and Children’ Dentistry.co.uk - June 17, 2008 Following the settlement of the lawsuit earlier this month, the updated consumer advice now states that: 'Dental amalgams contain mercury, which may have ...

FDA - Dental Fillings Found to Have Health Risks Polish News - June 16, 2008 The FDA no longer claims mercury is harmless. The language has now been dramatically changed. “Dental amalgams contain mercury which may have neurotoxic ...

So What About Health Care? PoliGazette - June 13, 2008 Reduce Risks of Mercury Pollution. More than five million women of childbearing age have high levels of toxic mercury in their blood, and approximately ...

New Study Links Mercury from the Thimerosal in Vaccines with ... Hawaii Reporter - June 13, 2008 Nonetheless, this new analysis of some of the data in the carefully guarded VSD database, documenting the mercury poisoning of a generation of American ...

Why An Older Autism Mom Marched With Robert Kennedy Jr., Jenny ... Huffington Post - June 7, 2008 Then, about two years ago, prompted by some younger mothers, I started to read about mercury poisoning and other environmental toxins and about kids who ...

Puzzle Over Declining Male Births Sydney Morning Herald - June 4, 2008 Dozens of petrochemical, polymer and chemical plants surround the reservation on three sides. Mercury and PCBs contaminate the creek that runs through the ...

Bulbs Should be Handled Carefully Rome News-Tribune - June 2, 2008 They are billed as being energy efficient and lasting longer than regular incandescent light bulbs. But compact fluorescent lights, or CFLs, come at an environmental price.The bulbs contain mercury and should be treated and disposed of with care.“I get about two or three calls a week concerning CFLs,” said Roy Edwards, with the Pollution Prevention Assistance Division of the Georgia Department ...

Baby Boys on the Decline; Pollution May Be Factor findingDulcinea - May 29, 2008 But new research suggests that exposure to pollutants such as pesticides, mercury and lead may be damaging male fetuses, causing miscarriage, or affecting ...

Alert Issued on Unsafe Cosmetic Cream News.gov.hk - May 6, 2008 Mercury poisoning is caused by an overdose of mercury in the body, causing damage mainly to the nervous systems and kidneys. Symptoms may include tremors, ...

New Warnings on Toxic Substances in Toys WXXA - May 6, 2008 Dr. Stone says a corroded battery in these light-up necklaces prompted him to test the product for mercury contamination. He tested the batteries in his ...

It's Time to Take Environmental Concerns Seriously Niagara Falls Review - May 1, 2008 The risk of dying or poisoning of American children is about 60 times greater than being a homicide victim - and it's legal. The evidence is clear. ...