We must not ignore Asia's traders Jan 25, 2008
At that time, Japan had been using a cheap yen to boost exports, cheap capital encouraged an investment boom and environmental degradation prompted popular protests (remember Minamata disease - actually mercury poisoning. . (Guardian Unlimited)
A what conductor?Many jobs in children's stories and rhymes have disappeared Jan 23, 2008
Indeed, the notion of being "as mad as a hatter" pre-dates the 1865 publication of Lewis Carroll's book and is a result of the mercury poisoning suffered by many hatters ... Mercury poisoning is now known to cause brain damage, as well as kidney damage. (BBC News -- UK)
Autism: Removing Thimerosal From Vaccines Did Not Reduce Autism Cases In California, Report Finds Jan 9, 2008
"Their autistic children, and their siblings, should be normally vaccinated, and as there is no evidence of mercury poisoning in autism, they should avoid ineffective and dangerous 'treatments' such as chelation therapy for their children.". Reference for editorial: Arch Gen Psychiatry. (Science Daily)
Data Work Against Vaccine-Autism Link Jan 9, 2008
The findings show "no evidence of mercury poisoning in autism" since there was no decline in autism rates even after the elimination of thimerosal, said Dr. Eric Fombonne, an autism researcher at Montreal Children's Hospital who had no role in the research. Some advocacy groups blame thimerosal for the impaired social interaction typical of autism. (Click2Houston, TX)
NJ parents try to block vaccine mandate Dec 11, 2007
"This will be the first jurisdiction anywhere in the world to make the flu shot mandatory" for school attendance, said Jon Gilmore, a board member of Advocates for Children's Health Affected by Mercury Poisoning, or ACHAMP. He blames his 7-year-old son's autism on vaccines. Bresnitz said he didn't know whether jurisdictions outside this country have required flu shots for school kids. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
McCain's support for autism caregivers is inspiring Dec 11, 2007
The author is a district leader of Advocates for Children's Health Affected by Mercury Poisoning, a nonprofit organization. Page 1 of 1. (Daily Iowan, IA)
"I sent you forth my brightest world, now it's nearly gone" Nov 21, 2007
In 1971 the conclusion of a law suit in Japan drew international attention to the effects of decades of mercury poisoning on the people of Minamata. At the same time, emerging scientific research threw the spotlight on existing and hypothetical threats to the environment and humanity. (AlertNet)
A Warning About Warming Nov 21, 2007
Fighting global warming is a battle to end fossil fuel use that gives our children asthma, our elders cancer, our dictators funding and our wildlife mercury poisoning. It is driving less and maybe reducing auto fatalities (42,815 in 2002) or reducing expensive waste. (The New Hampshire, NH)
Portland inventor regrets sickening neighbors in failed experiment Nov 21, 2007
They've all been released and are being treated for mercury poisoning. The 59-year-old said he plans to continue his quest for alternative energy, working next on a biofuel idea. (Yahoo News -- FYI)
Mystery Illness in Angola May be Toxic Exposure - WHO Nov 19, 2007
GENEVA - A mystery illness in Angola that has made at least 370 people sick may be linked to exposure to a toxin, but lead and mercury poisoning have been ruled out, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. Investigations are continuing into the outbreak which began in early October in Cacuaco, north of Angola's capital Luanda, WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said. (Planet Ark, United States)
Chisso Refuses More Payments to Mercury Poisoning Victims, Yomiuri Says Nov 16, 2007
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Chisso Corp. has refused to make additional payments to people not officially recognized as victims of mercury poisoning caused by the company, saying compensation was settled in payments made in 1995, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, without saying who provided the information ... Around 23,000 people have sought compensation for mercury poisoning after Chisso dumped methyl mercury into Minamata Bay, southern Japan, during the 1950s. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Mom takes autism crusade to the presidential candidates Nov 3, 2007
"So Wessels said the word on her mind: autism.After a series of psychological, cognitive and motor skills screenings, the Wessels learned Sam is autistic. Lin Wessels has since joined the Advocates of Children's Health Affected by Mercury Poisoning or A-CHAMP, an acronym that flows off her tongue several times in a conversation.When she signs her A-CHAMP correspondence, Wessels uses another acronym: MOMA, for Mom On a Mission.There are 84 Iowans in A-CHAMP and after talking with one in Des... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Full story..... Nov 2, 2007
Mr. Molinar, the man who carried water as a boy, said his miner father lost his teeth to the effects of mercury poisoning from breathing the vapors of the ore smelting. Cynta de Narvaez, 49, a Cuban doctor's daughter who fled her debutante life in Manhattan to guide river tours on the Rio Grande and foster cross-border exchanges with Mexicans, started the homecoming event in 2004 to promote goodwill. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Just how many people does it take to screw in a light bulb Oct 24, 2007
So it's global warming or mercury poisoning. Tough choice. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
Protecting Irrawaddy River Dolphin Oct 16, 2007
Illegal electrofishing, mercury poisoning from gold mining and are all affecting the dolphins. Dam building, river traffic and pollution have added to the impacts on the species. (Suite101.com)
Deadly Germ Labs Unchecked Oct 5, 2007
(2:38)Studies now show that the health benefits of eating fish during pregnancy outweigh the risks of mercury poisoning. Kelly Wallace reports. (CBS News)
Cambridge's GreatPoint taps into $100m in VC Sep 25, 2007
GreatPoint's aim is to turn one of the dirtiest energy sources into one of the cleanest by removing from coal the properties that cause global warming, acid rain, asthma, and mercury poisoning in fish. The company uses a patented catalyst that reacts with coal and steam to produce natural gas and nonhazardous solid-waste byproducts. (Boston Globe)
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN: The weekend edition -- can U-M and the Irish both lose? Sep 14, 2007
Mercury Poisoning: Star Cheryl Ford goes down with an injury. The Shock blow multiple leads during the game. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Devotees work to halt decline in loon populations on N.H. lakes Aug 27, 2007
"In 2005, the committee recorded a decline on Squam Lake, from 16 pairs the previous year to nine pairs. Such a single-year decline, says Vogel, is unprecedented on Squam or any other large lake in the committee's 31 years of monitoring loons. The number of loon pairs on Squam has increased this year to 13, but the number of singles has dropped by 14. There is a single chick. On Winnipesaukee, which is five times larger than Squam, preliminary counts from last month's census also show a slight... (Boston Globe)
'It is not a disease, it is a way of life' Aug 7, 2007
"Whether that's going to America to have them chelated [a therapy that removes metal toxins after it was suggested that autism could be linked to mercury poisoning] or changing their diet or any number of other things."Autism is seen as this devastating condition but accepting the child and working on the child's strengths will help them to develop positive self-esteem," he says. "We wouldn't get Nobel prize-winners with autism if there weren't some strengths to autism. " The many who are... (Guardian Unlimited)
> read more Aug 3, 2007
So, the phrase, "mad as a hatter" stems from mercury poisoning. Violation: lect> Additional Comments. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
A Live Earth Weekend Jul 10, 2007
It's hard to point to a lamp in the den with a light bulb which is one errant elbow away from creating a toxic waste site from mercury poisoning and thinking "I've done my bit for the planet." And, what would I do next year; point to two lamps in my house. Not only that, but next year the lamps will be the same size as they were this year. (Townhall.com)
Some push autism-vaccine connection Jun 28, 2007
Halvorson's 8-year-old daughter was diagnosed with autism in 2002, then with mercury poisoning ... "When you have a child that has both diagnosis for autism and mercury poisoning , it cannot be the other way around, where autism led to mercury poisoning," Halvorson said. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Japan's tuna shortage spawns sushi panic Jun 26, 2007
The restaurant's owner, Shigekazu Ozoe, 56, said the current situation reminds him of the last time he had no tuna to sell -- in 1973, during a scare over mercury poisoning in oceans. At that time, he tried to find other red-colored substitutes like smoked deer meat and raw horse, a local delicacy in some parts of Japan. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Waiter, there's deer in my sushi Jun 25, 2007
The restaurant's owner, Shigekazu Ozoe, 56, said the current situation reminded him of the last time he had no tuna to sell in 1973, during a scare over mercury poisoning in oceans when customers refused to buy it. At that time, he tried to find other red-colored substitutes like smoked deer meat and raw horse, a local delicacy in some parts of Japan. (International Herald Tribune)
Vaccine-Autism Link to Be Probed in U.S. Court Jun 12, 2007
Classic symptoms of mercury poisoning include anxiety, fatigue and abnormal irritation, as well as cognitive and motor dysfunction. Story Continues Below. (Newsmax)
Fluorescent Lights' Mercury Poses Dim Threat May 19, 2007
But fears of mercury poisoning from new energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs are overplayed, experts say. Long billed as a "green" product for environmentally conscious consumers, compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) are quickly becoming the norm in household lighting and may soon replace traditional incandescent bulbs altogether. (National Geographic)
"Dance with cancer" leads artist on search for unconventional treatments May 16, 2007
In August of 2001, Teague experienced mercury poisoning, as it went through her entire body after a mercury amalgam was removed from her tooth ... To add to the mercury poisoning, one month later, Teague was diagnosed with fibromyalgia ... "I had a second mercury amalgam removed the safe way to ensure I wouldn't get mercury poisoning a second time and that triggered fibromyalgia again," said Teague. (Paw Paw Courier Leader, MI)
Letters: Overweight? Try the 'homeless diet' May 2, 2007
Kevin wrote on May 01, 2007 1:26 PM:"Oh no, a politician did a publicity stunt. It's to be expected, it's part of their job. Complaining about that is roughly synonymous with complaining about a baker who bakes bread. Now bigmike, you can't accuse people of being partisan while you're being partisan without being hypocritical. First of all, "partisan" is just a word politicians use to get you to support your football political party team over the other one. Being a good team member means you... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Should I Snort My Dad?: Apr 10, 2007
Hypothetically, if Richards' father had in his teeth, and if those fillings were not removed prior to cremation, Richards may have faced a slight risk of mercury poisoning. But small amounts of mercury are typically harmless. (Slate)
Sniffing out St. Joan Apr 9, 2007
Following a series of tests in 2006 on the remains of Agns Sorel, mistress of Charles VII, whose premature death has long been a source of historical debate, Charlier announced she had been killed by mercury poisoning. "History and forensic science are crossing paths more and more frequently," said Charlier. (Time.com)
City officials, residents debate light bulb pollution in Madison Mar 28, 2007
Judy Compton, District 16, said the bulbs contain mercury and, since apartment tenants would have no say in whether bulbs were implemented, they should not have to fear mercury poisoning. The decision would be taken out of the hands of the [tenant], Compton said, adding that the chance for a lawsuit against the city would have been a possibility had the proposal passed. (The Digital Cardinal, WI)
Portsmouth Mercury Test Results Revealed Mar 20, 2007
You may be at high risk for Mercury poisoning if you eat a lot of farm-raised fish or if you live close to an incineration plant where products containing Mercury are burned. High levels of mercury within the body can lead to memory loss, shakiness and tremors. (WTKR.com, VA)
Goji berries: the new miracle fruit? Mar 9, 2007
One customer, Tara Lubin, says the berries have helped her 5-year-old son recover from mercury poisoning. "He is now much more organized in his movements and thoughts and is starting to talk," she said. (AZCentral -- Home)
New e-zine spurs social, political debate Mar 6, 2007
The magazine's slogan is "the power of insight, the power to incite." Articles in the debut print edition, published in December 2006, addressed topics ranging from the importance of sustainable design in the 21st century to food policies, mercury poisoning and genocide in Darfur. More recent articles online include "The Universal Lessons of Hajj," "The Left's Uneasiness Over Immediate Withdrawal from Iraq," "The Many Implications of Federal Policy on Embryonic Stem Cell Research" and "Violence... (Middletown Press, CT)
Eating fish during pregnancy raises IQ in children Feb 19, 2007
The Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Administration and the Food and Drug Administration issued an advisory in 2004, which is still current, telling pregnant women to avoid eating more than 340 grams of fish -- about 12 ounces a week -- because of the danger of mercury poisoning. According to the current finding, however, maternal seafood intake during pregnancy of less than 340 grams a week was associated with drastically increased risk of children being in the... (Food Consumer)
Tabb: Resource Wars Feb 19, 2007
The Spanish used the Inca mita system of requisitioned labor for the mines where the subjugated died by the thousands from brutality and, as in the case of the vast silver mines of Potosi, by mercury poisoning. The crushed ore was mixed with mercury and trodden by the workers with their bare feet and then heated producing poisonous vapors. (Zmag.org)
Fish diet leads to smart babies Feb 16, 2007
The new research into children's behaviour and intelligence suggests that women who follow the US "advisory" issued in 2004 to limit consumption, or cut fish out of their diet altogether - for fear of mercury poisoning - may miss nutrients that the developing brain needs - and so harm their children. The lead researcher, Joseph Hibbeln of the US National Institutes of Health, and the Bristol scientists, including Professor Jean Golding, compared the amount of fish eaten by pregnant mothers with... (The Australian)
Fish-diet mothers have brighter children Feb 16, 2007
The evidence suggests that advice to expectant American mothers to limit fish consumption for fear of mercury poisoning is misguided. "> Fish-diet mothers have brighter children -Life -Health-Healthy Eating-TimesOnline Sponsored by Where am I? From The Times February 16, 2007Fish-diet mothers have brighter children Nigel Hawkes, Health Editor Women who eat fish during pregnancy have brighter children, according to a study. The evidence suggests that advice to expectant American mothers to limit... (Times Online)
Fish During Pregnancy Helps Child's Development Feb 16, 2007
That assessment contradicts advice given by two U.S. agencies, the Environmental Protection Administration and the Food and Drug Administration, which issued an advisory in 2004 telling pregnant women to avoid eating more than 340 grams of fish -- about 12 ounces a week -- because of the danger of mercury poisoning. The new study found that maternal seafood intake during pregnancy of less than 340 grams a week was associated with increased risk of children being in the bottom 25 percent of... (Forbes)
Tri-State Crematory, five years after Feb 8, 2007
Just this week he heard the body farm doctor Michael Bass talking about the crematory on a local radio talk show and reports of Marsh s alleged mercury poisoning have popped up in t ... st. In particular, Poston was referring to his recent theory that mercury poisoning could have had an effect on Marsh. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)
Coal, the clean energy of the future? Feb 3, 2007
Consumption of the fossil fuel --the main source of greenhouse gas and a major contributor to acid rain, smog and mercury poisoning --will hit 10. 6 billion tons a year by 2030, a near doubling of the 5. (CNN -- Science)
Cheever's quaint tale Jan 18, 2007
There were times when I felt like I was walking beside the flaky if brilliant Thoreau or sitting with Alcott in her room as she struggled with mercury poisoning and wrote Little Women. Her Emerson is an. (USA Today -- Life)
Swishing Once A Day With Mouthrinse Poses No Harm To Dental Work, Study Finds Jan 12, 2007
-- Mercury poisoning, also known as mercuralism, is the phenomenon of toxication by contact with mercury. The main dangers associated with elemental mercury are that at standard conditions for. (Science Daily)
German U-Boat Continues To Threaten Norway's Coast Dec 24, 2006
" The U-864 tried to skirt Allied navy patrols on a last-ditch secret mission, code-named "Caesar," to take jet engine parts, missile guidance systems and mercury for weapons production to Germany's ally, Japan. British experts discovered the mission by breaking a German code. In a rare underwater duel, the British submarine HMS Venturer stalked the U-864 for three hours before the Venturer sank the U-864 on Feb. 9, 1945, about 2 1/2 miles off Fedje. The German submarine was only 14 months old... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Sub poses environmental threat in Norway Dec 22, 2006
Mercury poisoning can be fatal. Even small amounts can damage the nervous system, as well as cause heart and kidney problems. (Yahoo News -- Pollution)
Letters for Thursday, November 30, 2006 Nov 30, 2006
If this is true, our Hawaiian sea life must be protected from mercury poisoning known to come from coal burning. Our citizens and visitor industry must be protected from air pollution. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Your doctor's secret: He Googles Nov 13, 2006
After 5 years of continuously decaying health and continuous misdiagnosis from many doctors, an Internet search engine (I don't remember if it was Google or Yahoo, as it was 5 years ago) gave the correct diagnosis -- mercury poisoning via dental amalgam. Even today I doubt anyone with the same symptoms can get correct diagnosis via "regular" doctors, as they are ill-trained to detect toxic poisoning. (Chicago Tribune)
Looking for canned chicken Oct 19, 2006
One day, my mom told me that this was a good way to get mercury poisoning. I Googled the disease and found that symptoms of the disease included memory loss, fatigue and general malaise. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
Study: Benefits Of Eating Fish Greater Than Potential Risks Oct 18, 2006
They may be aware of the health risks of eating fish, especially the risk of mercury poisoning. But they care more about the benefits. (WRAL.com, NC)
God, country and global warming Oct 18, 2006
Mercury poisoning from coal-fired power plants hurts the unborn, and global warming's effects on crops and livestock are first felt in Third World economies that lack the resources to protect their people impacted by climate change. Jesus taught us to love our neighbors as ourselves. (Orlando Sentinel -- Opinion)
Hells Angel says he feels shunned Oct 18, 2006
WorkSafeBC has rejected worker compensation claims by several teachers who say they got mercury poisoning at a high school in Cranbrook in southeastern B.C.. The RCMP say the man shot dead by police last week at a Burnaby gas station had pulled a replica handgun on officers, not a real gun. (CBC News)
Evangelicals Preaching Gospelof Green Oct 10, 2006
"I'm not going to be bullied by them or by Rush Limbaugh, who thinks the environment is just an issue for tree huggers. Well, we evangelicals are people huggers, and when our rivers are too polluted to swim in, when our children are getting asthma and mercury poisoning, isn't it time we did something about it?". Even if Cizik takes a fall, the tide is turning. (Los Angeles Times)
Worker charged with trying to poison his boss Sep 29, 2006
A University of Miami official was hospitalized for three days with mercury poisoning, police said ... Mercury poisoning can be lethal in large enough doses. (The Miami Herald)
Utilities say pollution rule won't be problem Sep 23, 2006
The government limits mercury emissions because mercury poisoning can cause birth defects and damage a fetus's nervous system. In adults, mercury can cause emotional problems, mental damage and twitching, according to the EPA. In the 1800s, the term "mad hatters" -- later made famous in the Lewis Carroll book "Alice in Wonderland" -- stemmed from nervous disturbances many suffered because chemicals used in hat-making included mercurous nitrate. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Business)
The Straight Dope® Sep 1, 2006
However, most theories on the cause of his death now focus on a bladder infection, mercury poisoning, or both. That's not to say bladders can't break. (City Pages)
Old technology?| Sep 1, 2006
While you are not likely to get mercury poisoning or develop cancer from sitting in front of your computer, the hazardous materials in computers become a serious concern when they are left to leak into the land and water supply. But what exactly makes a computer toxic. (iAfrica.com)
BLM to study bald eagles in southeast Montana, northeast Wyoming Aug 29, 2006
Eagles with mercury poisoning turned up last winter at the Montana Raptor Conservation Center in Bozeman. Since then, 10 to 12 more brought to the center showed elevated mercury levels, and two have died. (Helena Independent Record)
Gomez gets its zip back Aug 23, 2006
" Certainly the band is a little ambivalent about its homeland and its fickle music press. Gomez's ascent was so rapid after winning the Mercury Prize that any act that appears in a blaze of glory, only to taper off alarmingly, is said to be "doing a Gomez" or suffering a case of "Mercury poisoning". New sensations such as Bloc Party or the Arctic Monkeys are prime candidates. "You can become almost a household name within two weeks of releasing your first record," Blackburn says. "Then after... (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Ontario's last, great wilderness Aug 12, 2006
People in Grassy Narrows, an hour's drive north of Kenora, still suffer the impacts of mercury poisoning from a pulp and paper mill in the 1970s. For four years, they've battled nearby cutting by two giants Abitibi Consolidated Inc. and Weyerhaeuser Company. (Toronto Star -- National Report)
Workers' illsJob-related health problems survive from Victorian times Jul 30, 2006
And hatters are no longer mad, now that people are aware of the risks of mercury poisoning. But there are new hazards on the horizon. (BBC News -- Health)
State OKs new pollution standards for power plant emissions Jul 1, 2006
People mostly commonly suffer mercury poisoning from eating fish. The Sierra Club's Ed Hopkins called Florida's mercury standard, designed to cut its emission by 45%, "very weak." He says that New Jersey, Illinois, Minnesota and Michigan are proposing a 90% reduction. (WOFL.com, FL)
Gulf Power seeking $15 charge to pay for new emissions rules Jun 30, 2006
People most commonly suffer mercury poisoning from eating fish. "We comply with all state and federal regulations and will comply with these as well," Gulf Power Co. spokesman John Hutchinson said. (Pensacola News Journal)
Site of human-dolphin partnership becomes protected area Jun 23, 2006
The dolphin population in the Ayeyarwady River is one of the most threatened, specifically by electrocution from illegal electric fishing and entanglement in gill nets, and from mercury poisoning and habitat loss from gold mining operations in the river. Recent surveys of the river conducted by the Department of Fisheries and WCS found that the species range had declined by some 60 percent, and that only 59 to 72 individuals remained in a region some 1000 kilometers from the sea. (EurekAlert!)
Planet Bluegrass promotes green festival Jun 18, 2006
his is a wide-ranging effect, Powers said, rattling off a litany of harrowing problems with coal power, such as air pollution, acid rain and mercury poisoning, just to name a few. ind is an alternative that's emissions free, Powers said. (Telluride Daily Planet, CO)
