Mercury Poisoning News Headlines

Fear the Disease, not the Protection Roanoke Times - April 7, 2008 After all, mercury poisoning shares an alarming number of characteristics with autism: loss of verbal and motor skills, social withdrawal, ...

Lawmaker Seeks Ban on Thimerosal Warren Times Gazette - April 2, 2008 He continued, "It is important to point out that thimerosal, the preservative used in some flu vaccines to prevent bacterial contamination, is ethyl mercury ...

Mercury Rising as a Potent Killer in State NewsOK.com - March 31, 2008 Symptoms of mercury poisoning include irritability, tremors or shakiness, blurred vision, a prickling sensation on the skin, memory loss and kidney disease ...

The Dangers of Using Skin Lightening Creams Natural News.com - March 28, 2008 Toxic levels of mercury lead to mercury poisoning which causes neurological and kidney damage, and may also lead to psychiatric disorders. ...

Hair Loss Alert: Mercury Poisoning American Chronicle - March 28, 2008 One possible suspect that is causing your hair loss though is mercury poisoning. Why mercury poisoning? Mercury poisoning is probably more widely prevalent ...

Dental Office Mercury -- Pollution Source United Press International - March 27, 2008 However, when exposed to sulfate-reducing bacteria, mercury undergoes a chemical change and becomes methylated -- a potent, ingestible neurotoxin. ...

Bush Administration asks Federal Appeals Court to Rehear Mercury ... JURIST - March 27, 2008 The original lawsuit [JURIST report] was brought by a coalition of 16 states that argued that the mercury pollution rules would endanger children living ...

Playing with Toxins Bangor Daily News - March 26, 2008 A study released in June that examined 13 Mainers found bisphenol-A, arsenic, prefluorinated chemicals, phthalates and mercury in some of their bodies, ...

Dental Chair a Possible Source of Neurotoxic Mercury Waste EurekAlert - March 26, 2008 When exposed to sulfate-reducing bacteria, however, mercury undergoes a chemical change and becomes methylated, making it a potent, ingestible neurotoxin. ...

Dog Fur Reveals Mercury Pollution RedOrbit - March 22, 2008 A sled dog's thick fur coat may do more than protect it from inclement weather: Scientists say it can be used to detect mercury contamination in the ...

China's Pollution Nightmare is now Everyone's Pollution Nightmare Christian Science Monitor - March 19, 2008 A miasma of lead, mercury, sulfur dioxide, and other elements of coal-burning and car exhaust hovers over most Chinese cities. Meanwhile, roughly 70 percent ...

Parks in Peril New York Times - March 24, 2008 ... air pollution from coal-fired power plants than are its big cities. Sulfur dioxide causes acid rain and kills trees. Mercury emissions poison streams. ...

Diseases Like Mine Are a Growing Hazard Washington Post - March 15, 2008 They found traces of all 116 chemicals and pollutants they tested for, including PCBs, insecticides, dioxin, mercury, cadmium and benzene, all highly toxic ...

Judge Seeks More Studies on How to Deal with Mercury Pollution Boston Globe - March 12, 2008 A federal judge has called for more studies on how best to deal with mercury pollution in the lower Penobscot River caused by the former HoltraChem chemical manufacturing plant in Orrington.

Lights!…Camera!…Toxic Waste? BobVila.com - March 11, 2008 The incandescent light bulb industry would like you to think that using CFLs (compact fluorescent lighting) will lead to widespread mercury contamination in ...

Mercury Pollution Risk of New Bulbs The Cincinnati Enquirer - March 10, 2008 Compact fluorescent bulbs use less energy than old-style incandescent light bulbs, but they also contain toxic mercury

Three in 10 Dentists Missed 2007 Target to Better Control Mercury The Canadian Press - March 8, 2008 In 1996, Health Canada released its position on dental amalgam - which contains mercury and is used for dental fillings - and said current evidence did not ...

Vaccines Caused Autism Symptoms in Girl, US Officials Say, But ... Newsinferno.com - March 6, 2008 Thimerosal contains mercury, a chemical known to cause brain damage. In July 1999, following a review of mercury-containing food and drugs, the Centers for ...

Family Poisoned By Mercury After Furnace Leaks KSFY - March 5, 2008 Dante Friend plays with his toys most of which have been donated after his whole family got mercury poisoning. "It's unbelievable. ...

NRDC: 32 Coal-Fired Power Plants in 13 States Now Up in the Air ... PR Newswire - March 3, 2008 Failing to clean up mercury pollution sentences our children to a life of lost opportunities. Mt. Sinai researchers have used data from the US Centers for ...

Senator McCain: "Strong Evidence" of Autism-Vaccine Link Huffington Post - March 2, 2008 Many parents, especially members of A-CHAMP (Advocates for Children's Health Affected by Mercury Poisoning), met with McCain last year, prompting this ...

Loaded with Mercury Casual Threats CounterPunch - March 1, 2008 Including mercury exposure from additives, fish, contaminated air, bird deaths from eating mercury-contaminated seed grains, dental amalgam leakage, ...

Toxic Tuna is Raising Raw Fears NewsBlaze - February 29, 2008 If you think mercury poisoning doesn't happen in the US, think again. San Francisco physician Jane Hightower found that dozens of her patients had high ...

US National Parks are Filled With Mercury and DDT Environmental Graffiti - February 28, 2008 Researchers believe a lot of the contamination arrived on air currents from Europe and Asia, and these are some nasty pollutants. All of the eight parks the ...

Mercury Leaks Found as New Bulbs Break Boston Globe - February 26, 2008 Compact fluorescent lamps - those spiral, energy-efficient bulbs popular as a device to combat global warming - can pose a small risk of mercury poisoning ...

Study Links Water Pollution to Cancer Macomb Daily - February 20, 2008 The report cited discharges of lead, mercury, PCBs and other manufacturing byproducts.The St. Clair River is home to Sarnia's "Chemical Valley," which ...

The Weakest Link Nantucket Independent - February 20, 2008 Mercury is a heavy metal that can build up in humans as they consume it, building to toxic levels relatively easily. Mercury poisoning damages the central ...

Some Cosmetics Make You Feel as Good About the Planet as They do ... commercialappeal.com - February 18, 2008 From the 1700s until the early 20th century, unwitting women slathered themselves with make-up that, in some cases, included lead, mercury, and carbolic ...

Hidden Dangers of Fluorescent Light Bulbs Kennebec Journal - February , 2008 Mercury poisoning affects the developing child. Where are the warning labels? There was just a few sentences about the bulb containing mercury and an ...

Danson Urges for Safer Oceans, Fishing AOL Canada - February 15, 2008 ... the long-running hit TV show "Cheers" on Thursday called for better practices to protect the world's oceans from overfishing and mercury contamination. ...

Mission for Truth: Critical Thinking American Chronicle - February 2, 2008 The dentist said amalgams were safe, but you developed mercury poisoning. The doctor said vaccinations were safe, but your child had a seizure and developed ...

My Story of Dental Amalgam Mercury Poisoning Food Consumer - February 1, 2008 By A reader I am a victim of MERCURY POISONING and am here to testify how mercury from the dental amalgam fillings has affected my life. ...